Yep that helps! Both of these sound great, but i am not exactly sure on how to go about coding this.
> > > Subject: RE: ColdFusion and Microsoft Excel > From: Ben Nadel > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:45:37 -0500 > Thread: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/thread.cfm/threadid:49062#261780 > > The simple solution (but not the *best*): > > Create the Excel table using very simple HTML in a ColdFusion string > buffer (CFSaveContent). Then save that file to a temporary file (CFFile > to a file in a temp directory, possibly GetTempDirectory()). Use > CFMailParam tag inside of CFMail to attach the File (FILE attribute). > Make sure SPOOLING is NOT enabled. Send the email. Delete the temporary > file. > > You have to make sure not to spool as you might delete the file before > the email is sent. If you cannot control this, you can safe the file to > a temp directory then just clear that directly periodically (say, every > night or so). > > Does that help? > > > ..................... > Ben Nadel > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer > www.bennadel.com > > Need ColdFusion Help? > www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ > > Question: > I am a newb to CF and I have been assigned the daunting task of > dynamically generating an excel file with absolutely no user action > entailed. We currently have code that takes HTML and throws it in an > excel file, but the user is prompted to download/save it. We dont want > that. I have seen many different solutions given here, but i am not sure > which to follow. The overall task is to create and excel file on the > fly and then email it out to a user. Any help is appreciated. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
