Or when the user clicks on the name of the file, use CFCONTENT to push the file to them as a download.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/03 05:19PM >>> CFFile would be used to write out the xls file on the server, on a shared drive, upload a file, etc. To save the xls file to their desktop (or wherever) they should simply choose 'save as' from the file menu once the spreadsheet is loaded or right-click the link and choose 'save target as' In short, you don't need cffile for this. -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:51 PM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: CFFile Pointers : : : Good afternoon all, : I have been tasked with the following: : : 1. The user can run a report based upon some selection criteria (fields, : ect). : 2. The user can see this report in two different formats (a. on the site : itself rendered in HTML, and b. in excel spreadsheet format -- I have used : the custom tag cf_excel for the latter) : : This all works fine. : : Except for the following: : : Sometimes the spreadsheet opens inside the parent web page, and : sometimes it : opens in excel. But either way, it is still a spreadsheet. : : It seems to be desktop specific, it will either always load inside the : browser, or inside an instance of Excel. I : : So instead the users want the ability to save the spreadsheet instead of : actually seeing it run. : : I am having a hard time understanding how to make this work. : : This is what I think should happen: : : 1. User clicks the To Excel button : 2. Page executes (Query is run, recordset is generated, custom tag is : called, spreadsheet is built) : 3. User is promted to save the resulting .xls file (using CFFile?). : 4. User saves the file using standard windows file selection interface. : : I am sure this is possible, but cant seem to get to step 3 from step 2. : : Any help would be appreciated. : : John : : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4