Index: lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/authoring/web/ExportToolContentAction.java
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diff -u -r0c23948713b5a36c2bfd46ce763ab3653c33a308 -r9a123141df4cdf18fefb239b7d4c50e9d488d42d
--- lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/authoring/web/ExportToolContentAction.java	(.../ExportToolContentAction.java)	(revision 0c23948713b5a36c2bfd46ce763ab3653c33a308)
+++ lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/authoring/web/ExportToolContentAction.java	(.../ExportToolContentAction.java)	(revision 9a123141df4cdf18fefb239b7d4c50e9d488d42d)
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -117,32 +115,7 @@
 			//write zip file as response stream. 
 
 			// Different browsers handle stream downloads differently LDEV-1243
-			String agent = request.getHeader("USER-AGENT");
-			
-			log.debug("Browser is:" + agent);
-			
-			String filename = null;
-			
-			
-			
-			if (null != agent && -1 != agent.indexOf("MSIE"))
-			{
-				// if MSIE then urlencode it
-				filename = URLEncoder.encode(zipfile, "UTF-8");
-
-			}
-			else if (null != agent && -1 != agent.indexOf("Mozilla"))
-			{
-				// if Mozilla then base64 url_safe encoding
-				filename = MimeUtility.encodeText(zipfile, "UTF-8", "B");
-				
-			}
-			else 
-			{
-				// any others use same filename. 
-				filename = zipfile;
-				
-			}
+			String filename = FileUtil.encodeFilenameForDownload(request, zipfile); 
 			log.debug("Final filename to export: " + filename);
 			
 			response.setContentType("application/x-download");
Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/FileUtil.java
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diff -u -r623a8b69a67eb91d7e0a31c5f4d15c4fabb9aa6f -r9a123141df4cdf18fefb239b7d4c50e9d488d42d
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/FileUtil.java	(.../FileUtil.java)	(revision 623a8b69a67eb91d7e0a31c5f4d15c4fabb9aa6f)
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/FileUtil.java	(.../FileUtil.java)	(revision 9a123141df4cdf18fefb239b7d4c50e9d488d42d)
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.lamsfoundation.lams.util.zipfile.ZipFileUtilException;
+import javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
 
 /**
  * General File Utilities
@@ -550,4 +554,37 @@
 			name = name.replaceAll("\\;", "");
 			return name;
 		}
+		
+		/** Encode a filename in such a way that the UTF-8 characters won't be munged during the download by a browser. Need the
+		 * request to work out the user's browser type 
+		 * @return encoded filename
+		 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException 
+		 */
+		public static String encodeFilenameForDownload(HttpServletRequest request, String unEncodedFilename) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+			
+			// Different browsers handle stream downloads differently LDEV-1243
+			String agent = request.getHeader("USER-AGENT");
+			String filename = null;
+			
+			if (null != agent && -1 != agent.indexOf("MSIE"))
+			{
+				// if MSIE then urlencode it
+				filename = URLEncoder.encode(unEncodedFilename, "UTF-8");
+
+			}
+			else if (null != agent && -1 != agent.indexOf("Mozilla"))
+			{
+				// if Mozilla then base64 url_safe encoding
+				filename = MimeUtility.encodeText(unEncodedFilename, "UTF-8", "B");
+				
+			}
+			else 
+			{
+				// any others use same filename. 
+				filename = unEncodedFilename;
+				
+			}
+
+			return filename;
+		}
 }