file download !

[subodh varshney]

PrintWriter out1 = response.getWriter();
response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
response.addDateHeader("Expires", 1);
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename="+pagename);
out1.write(contents.substring(0,contents.length()).trim());


I m using above code it is working, but when i download file it includes some extra lines(whitespaces) in the haeder of the file

[Ulf Dittmer]

You're not doing this in a JSP, are you? Because that wouldn't work.

Also, can you guarantee that the contents will always be text, never binary? "application/octet-stream" is generally used for binary content.

[subodh varshney]

yes, I m using JSP file.
content will always be text.

[Ulf Dittmer]

JSPs generally insert additional whitespace. The best way to avoid that is to use a servlet instead.