I have the following scenario :
My web app installed on Windows 7, and linking to it via a browser running on Windows 2008. I call an ASPX which uses the following code to initiate a file download :
HttpResponse response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
response.ContentType = mimeType;
response.AppendHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
response.WriteFile(absolutePath);
response.End();
where: mimeType is set depending on file type, fileName is file to be downloaded, absolutepath is shared folder + fileName on Windows 7 box
The application allows file transfers across nextworks and works fine without using SSL ( ie http), but as soon as I switch to SSL (https) I hit the following problem :
1) The filename in the file download pop-up becomes corrupted with the url of the ASPX page,
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