Hi, I have a zip file that I create on the fly which is to be returned to the user. The process goes like this: 1. User clicks on a link. 2. External method creates a zip file and puts it in a temp folder( file system folder not Zope temp) 3. External method (same one) returns the zip file as part of response as type application/x-zip The following is what I do in to get it done:(part 3 i.e.) zip_size = stat(zip_file_name).st_size zip_file = open(zip_file_name) zip_data = zip_file.read() zip_file.close() REQUEST.RESPONSE.setStatus('OK') REQUEST.RESPONSE.setHeader('Content-Type','application/x-zip') REQUEST.RESPONSE.setHeader('Content-Length',zip_size) REQUEST.RESPONSE.write(zip_data) but when I try it out the following happens: - the zip file is created - zip_data has the data (of course) - i am prompted to download something of type application/x-unknown-content - if i save the file it has zero length so what am I doing wrong or not doing here, that needs to be done to get this right?? TIA AM -- ================================================================== Aseem Mohanty Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, 828 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706 (R) 510 7696011 (M) 510 3014871 (O) 510 5279231 ================================================================== "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there!!" -- Steve Gonedes ==================================================================