How do you set headers in httpresponse using forte tool code in UDS

Question

I am attempting to download a file that is generated in forte (its a CSV). When the response gets back to the browser the save box has a cgi.exe type filename. Instead I would like to supply my own, to do this I think you need to set content-disposition header in the response.

Answer 1

First of all, if you are using Forte Web Enterprise and the standard HTTP library you won't be able to set any header information apart of the content-type. If you are using HTTPSupport library then you can do things like add a header, set the value of a header and so on.
I guess you are just using Forte Web Enterprise for sending a file back to the user. For doing so, you have to write the content of the file into the request by using something like:
Response.AssignResponse(TextDataObject);
Response.ContentType='text/csv';
Where TextDataObject is an object that holds the content of the CSV file you want to send back to the user.Then you have to set the contenttype for the specific kind of data you are sending: 'application/pdf','text/html','text/xml','image/svg' ... whatever.
Once the response from the server hits your browser, it has to kick-off an application that has been previously assigned to this specific kind of data, like for instance 'application/pdf' is allways used for kicking-off the adobe acrobat reader. So, if that is not happening, check that at your operating system level.
Now, if the browser has some problems while deciding which application to use for reading the data that comes in the response then it will display the save box you are talking about. There is no way Forte can help since this is a client machine related issue.
Hope this helps....