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TIdHTTPServer and ServeFile

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From: Lapo Guidi
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 01:20
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Hi all,
I made a small and simple HTTP Server using Indy.
I would like to send a file to the client (eg. test.zip).
Browser ask to receive the file using a sort of dynamic page called
sendfile.html with parameter.
In other words the url requested from the client is that:
http://localhost/sendfile.html?name=test.zip
The problem I have is that:
If I click over the link in a page using the client (Internet Explorer), the
zip file is written on the html page.
If I right-click on the link and I choose "Save target as..." the zip is
correctly saved where I want, but the name is sendfile.html.
I use this row of code in the OnCommandGet:
HTTP->ServeFile(AThread, AResponseInfo, "c:\\test.zip");
but I tried also sending the file using ContentStream properties and the
result is the same.

In two words, when I click on a link to request a file, it's displayed over
the browser (instead of saved on disk) and if I right-click on the link, the
file is saved but with a wrong filename.

What I'm do wrong?
What's the right procedure to send a file requested with a sort of dynamic
page?

I hope I was sharp enough.

Thanks very much

Lapo
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