In this Java example, we show you how to get content of a page from URL “mkyong.com” and save it into local file drive, named “test.html”. Package com.mkyong; import java.io. E Mu Xboard 49 Drivers Os X Mavericks. BufferedReader; import java.io.BufferedWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import.

Hello, I’m having the same problem as Nayana here. My files are stored in a BLOB field in DB2.

I’m trying to retrieve them, but I only have success for text files, but we need to retrieve DOC, PDF and XLS as well. Response.setContentType(“application/octet-stream”); response.setHeader(“Content-Disposition”, “attachment;filename=” + outfile.getName()); The great thing i discovered is you actually dont need to specify the application type in order to open downloaded file. Since outfile.getName() parameter contains the file extension (myfile.txt, myfile.doc), any file type can be downloaded with this Content type declaration I tried this with Word, PDF, XLS, JPG, MPG, ZIP they all work with “application/octet-strea” with no problem.

How Browsers Work With File Downloads Usually when a user goes to a file URL (for example: a download link), the file will show in the browser if the browser supports it. Image files like jpg, png, gif etc. Will almost always show in the browser. Archive files like zip, tar, gzip etc.

Will always be downloaded. Some file types show up in some browsers but not others depending on if the browser can read the file or not. For example, Internet Explorer (IE) will usually try to show Microsoft Word files (doc and docx) in the browser, while most other browsers will download it.

Google Chrome has its own PDF converter and it will try to convert a PDF file and render it in the browser. The key thing to understand is that some browsers maybe able to read a particular file type based on the addons you have installed for that browser while others may not be able to. If a browser can read the file type it will show it in the browser.

If the browser cannot read a file type it will force a download to the hard disk. Usually this is not an issue since the users can save the file to their computer after it is shown in the browser. How to Force a File Download For All My Files Some users prefer that all the files should be forced downloaded (no showing in the browser).