246837 - "Save link As" picks up the Servlet name instead of file name when the httpservletresponse is redirected to a file

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 299372

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Sreedhar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts-MyWay)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

Assume, I have an anchor link <a href="http://localhost/webapp/test?
sessionID=xyz&cmd=abc&attach=abc.txt">attachment</a>,
	
	upon clicking the above link, the usecase copies the file from 
database to webserver and redirects the httpservletresponse to this file(say 
abc.txt).
	
On servletresponse redirect, the "Save As" dialog pops suggesting the file 
name as "test" (which is the servlet name), infact the actual file name is 
abc.txt
	

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a simple servlet with a  basic Usecase.
2.The Anchor HREF, is a usecase request whose response would redirect to a 
file on the webserver.
3. click on anchor link

Actual Results:  
the "Save As" dialog suggests the servlet name as the file name

Expected Results:  
the acutal file name should be suggested in the "Save As" dialog.

If you need the test Servlet, I can send it to you.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

> If you need the test Servlet, I can send it to you.

can you attach the sourcecode of that servlet here?

Comment 2

[Sreedhar]

Attachment: TestServlet source.

you can deploy this servlet in your local webabb and try this link

http://localhost/test/TestServlet?fileName=one.xml&filePath=d:/temp/

PS: you can change the fileName and filePath parameter values.
When u hit this URL, "save to disk" window pops up, on selecting save to disk,
You will see the file name suggested is the Servlet name instead of actual file
name.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Qwerty Qwertz]

(In reply to comment #3)

May I suggest that this bug may be marked as a duplicate of 299372 ???

Comment 5

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

probably... but the bug isn't clear whether it uses the helper app dialog or the context menu entry

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 299372 ***