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noah_britton
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May 20, 2006
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Using CFCONTENT to deliver word document

website: http://www.datafusionsystems.com/ Click on link to download resume. You will see it downloads it as index.cfm.
Here is the code I am using.

<cfif isdefined("URL.downloadresume")>
<cfcontent file="c:\domains\datafusionsystems.com\wwwroot\noah_britton_resume.doc" type="application/msword" deletefile="no">
</cfif>

I have no idea why it is behaving strangely. I'm not using CFHEADER of CFCACHE on this page. Thanks!
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BKBK
BKBKCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 20, 2006
You should use both tags, cfcontent and cfheader. It is also a good idea to check beforehand whether the file exists.

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noah_brittonAuthor
Known Participant
May 20, 2006
Ah I get it, thanks. It works beautifully now!
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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 20, 2006
You should use both tags, cfcontent and cfheader. It is also a good idea to check beforehand whether the file exists.

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Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
May 20, 2006
add that to your cfif statement along with the cfcontent tag
you have to use both.
hth
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www.recfusion.com
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noah_brittonAuthor
Known Participant
May 20, 2006
I've implemented the first example you gave on my site but the downloaded file is a copy of my webpage, not my word document. Here is the code

<cfheader name="content-disposition"
value="attachment;filename=noah_britton_resume.doc">

Go to www.datafusionsystems.com to try it out and see for yourself. Thanks for the try though, hope i get this resolved.
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Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
May 20, 2006
<cfheader name="content-disposition"
value="attachment;filename=noah_britton_resume.doc">
or
<cfheader name="content-disposition"
value="inline;filename=noah_britton_resume.doc"> to display in browser.
HTH
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Tim Carley
www.recfusion.com
info@NOSPAMINGrecfusion.com
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