Re: [cgiapp] Sending file to the browser...

[Joel Gwynn <suppressed>]

$self->header_props(-type=> 'application/vnd.ms-excel',
			-attachment=> 'foo.xls');

Works for us.


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:26:20 -0500, Michael Graham <suppressed> wrote:
> 
> > Below I have pasted a run mode from one of my applications.  The sub
> > grabs a report from a database and then returns it to the user.  It
> > works fine under Firefox, but under IE I get a dialogue box asking
> > whether I want to save or open the file; if I choose to open the file it
> > isn't recognized as an Excel workbook, and if I choose to save it is
> > wants to save it as type .pl, based on the name of the instance script.
> >
> > Is there a way to fix this?
> 
> In addition to setting the type with the Content-Type header, you can
> also set the filename with:
> 
>     Content-Disposition: inline; filename=foo.xls
> 
> I think the header_add syntax would be:
> 
>     $self->header_add(
>         -content_disposition => 'inline; filename=foo.xls'
>     );
> 
> Maybe that will help?
> 
> Michael
> 
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> 
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