Henrik Sternberg wrote: Can anyone give a hint on an elegant solution to this problem? Yes: Create an ASP page with this code:
Response.Expires = -1
Response.ContentType = "aplication/plain"
Response.AddHeader "content-disposition", "attachment; filename=yourfile.txt"
Response.Write yourlongstring
And IE will start the download process with yourfile.txt as the default filename.
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)
