setting the filename for a downloaded file in a rails application

Question

I have a controller action that allows a user to download a file with an extension of .ppt . It\'s not really a powerpoint binary, just an xml-ish format that powerpoint can

Answer 1

A possible example:

def show
    @item = Item.find(params[:id])
    respond_to do |format|
        format.html # show.html.erb
        format.ppt {
            response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename=\"#{@item.filename}.ppt\""
        } # show.ppt.erb
        format.xml  { render :xml => @item }
    end
end