Mail Merge/ HTP question

Hi,
I'm trying to implement the Mail Merge utility that Scott Spendolini created. I had to make a few changes to my code to enable it handle large files. However, I now find that while it is correctly merging the document it is producing it with a name of "f" - no extension, no nothing.
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My question is this: using the HTP package (to produce an RTF file) how do I specify the name of the file that is created?
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Thank you in advance for your help.
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David.

I've figured this out for myself now. I didn't know that I could use the following syntax:
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htp.p('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="FILENAME.rtf"');

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