actually the header function is sth i saw in PHP...like this:

if ($viewreport == "Download")
{
    header( "Content-type: application/x-something" );
    header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$type.txt" );
    header( "Content-Description: PHP3 Generated Data" );
[download]

these codes will cause the WIN98 Save As window pops out and i will be able to save the downloaded data as text files..but how can i do this using Perl? }