Let's say my browser where I do not have the option to open XLS in my browser selected. What happens is that I get the cfm template as the filename in the save as dialogue box.
I noticed in your examples that you added foo to the Query string. My query string contains the file name which is a date that I append to the a base filename. My client has files that are called YYYYMMDDProcessing_Report yet they only want to see the filename in the save as box as processing_report.xls
like so
template.cfm?filedetails=#filedetails#
Then my act page has the following
<cfheader name="content-disposition" value="inline;filename=Processing_Report.xls">
<cfcontent type="application/unknown" file="c:\inetpub\DailyDownload\#variables.file_details#Processing_Report.xls">
When the dialoge box comes up, what I get is the my cfm template with my url string.
Any ideas
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Watts
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: CFMX & cfcontent
> I have never been able to get CFCONTENT to consistently force
> a download of a file, let's say an excel file to the user. I
> have actually spent the whole morning looking for a PHP or
> _javascript_ replacement for this.
>
> I am on a Shared hosting environment but have found CFCONTENT
> unreliable on CFMX. Do you find it reliable? If yes what is
> your secret :)
You can't force a download of a file - that's up to the user (and his or her
browser). You might try running these samples on your server and see how
they work for you:
http://www.figleaf.com/demo/mimetest/
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
fax: 202-797-5444
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