# Send\_file problem with IE7. Save Image as untitled.bmp **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751 "2008-09-16T20:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noelw)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751/1 "2008-09-16T20:28:16Z")
Platform = Linux and Mongrel I’m using send\_file to send images from a controller. like this: send\_file( @content.location, :disposition =\> ‘inline’, :type =\> File.mime\_type?(@content.location)) # mime\_type? courtesy of mimetype\_fu This is called for in an ordinary ![]() tag. It all works perfectly except for one minor hitch which is driving me mad. If you right click on the image in IE7 and choose “Save Image As…” the file save dialog always defaults the filename to “untitled.bmp”. Other browsers always get the correct file name (usually something like “61.png” or “18.jpg”) If I copy the file into the corresponding path under RAILS\_ROOT/public then IE7 will get the filename correct - as will all browsers. Interestingly if you do save the file as untitled.bmp it’s a perfectly good bmp file. The HTTP headers set by mongrel differ substantially from the ones set by send\_file. Using send\_file gives: Status=OK - 200 Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:16:59 GMT Server=Mongrel 1.1.4 Vary=Host Status=200 OK X-Runtime=0.01416 Content-Transfer-Encoding=binary Cache-Control=private Content-Disposition=inline; filename=“16.jpg” Content-Type=image/jpeg Content-Length=164553 X-Cache=MISS from [www.sharehost.co.uk](http://www.sharehost.co.uk) Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=100 Connection=Keep-Alive Serving the file from the public area gives: Status=OK - 200 Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:17:09 GMT Vary=Host Etag=“48cfb25c-65c2f-918190” Last-Modified=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:19:24 GMT Content-Type=image/jpeg Content-Length=416815 X-Cache=MISS from [www.sharehost.co.uk](http://www.sharehost.co.uk) Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=99 Connection=Keep-Alive Anybody know what I can do about this? ---
**Author:** ![noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noelw)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751/2 "2008-09-16T23:04:44Z")
Noel W. wrote: > If you right click on the image in IE7 and choose “Save Image As…” the > file save dialog always defaults the filename to “untitled.bmp”. Try using send\_file’s :filename option. – Rails Wheels - Find Plugins, List & Sell Plugins - [http://railswheels.com](http://railswheels.com) ---
**Author:** ![noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noelw)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751/3 "2008-09-16T23:20:17Z")
Mark Reginald J. wrote: > Noel W. wrote: > > > If you right click on the image in IE7 and choose “Save Image As…” the > > file save dialog always defaults the filename to “untitled.bmp”. > > Try using send\_file’s :filename option. > > – > Rails Wheels - Find Plugins, List & Sell Plugins - > [http://railswheels.com](http://railswheels.com) I already tried that but it makes no difference - the response headers are exactly the same. In fact in the one instance when explorer gets it right (when the file is served normally without using send\_file) there is no content-disposition header and no mention of the filename in any of the other headers either. Thanks anyway! ---
**Author:** ![noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noelw)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751/4 "2008-09-16T23:34:40Z")
Your other solution that should work is to set the header directly that IE is parsing, Content-Disposition. i.e.: headers[‘Content-Disposition’] = “inline; filename="” + @filename + “"” -Brady removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid On Sep 16, 12:28 pm, Noel W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@noelw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noelw)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/send-file-problem-with-ie7-save-image-as-untitled-bmp/148751/5 "2008-09-17T01:51:42Z")
brady8 wrote: > Your other solution that should work is to set the header directly > that IE is parsing, Content-Disposition. > > i.e.: > > headers[‘Content-Disposition’] = “inline; filename="” + @filename + > “"” > > -Brady > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > On Sep 16, 12:28�pm, Noel W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Thanks, but send\_file already puts the correct Content-Disposition header in the response, but IE only seems to work properly when it’s missing - but there are other differences in the headers, so I can’t tell if that is significant or not. ## Here is the response header that you get when the server sends a file from a public folder. It works properly with all the browsers I’ve tried Status=OK - 200 Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:17:09 GMT Vary=Host Etag=“48cfb25c-65c2f-918190” Last-Modified=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:19:24 GMT Content-Type=image/jpeg Content-Length=416815 X-Cache=MISS from [www.sharehost.co.uk](http://www.sharehost.co.uk) Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=99 Connection=Keep-Alive This is what send\_file is producing. It doesn’t work properly with IE - Status=OK - 200 Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:16:59 GMT Server=Mongrel 1.1.4 Vary=Host Status=200 OK X-Runtime=0.01416 Content-Transfer-Encoding=binary Cache-Control=private Content-Disposition=inline; filename=“16.jpg” Content-Type=image/jpeg Content-Length=164553 X-Cache=MISS from [www.sharehost.co.uk](http://www.sharehost.co.uk) Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=100 Connection=Keep-Alive I did wonder if the doubled Status header is the source of the problem - but I’ve no idea how to get rid of it without abandoning the use of send\_file. if there was a way to get send\_file to produce a response like the first one I’d be quite happy. otherwise I’ll just have to put up with it - it’s not terribly serious just inconsistent. Maybe I could make the controller create a publicly accesible symlink to the file, do a redirect to the same controller/action and then delete the link again. I’ve been frigging about with this for 3 days now. Not feeling terribly Agile.