I was having this exact same problem and this solved it for me. Thanks very much Robert!
> I have a different problem falling under the same topic. I'm trying > to download a .csv file from ColdFusion to Excel via a browser. My > code is: > > <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="text/csv"> > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; > filename=Target_File_Name.csv"> > <cfcontent type="application/vnd.ms-excel" file="Source_File_Name" > deletefile="No"> > > IE has no problem with this but Firefox strips off the .csv extension. > It offers to open the file in Excel as Target_File_Name without the . > csv, but this puts everything in the first column since the format is . > csv, not .xls Or Firefox will save the file with no extension. I'm > currently telling users to save the file, add the extension, then open > in Excel. This works but it's a pain in the neck. > > Can anyone tell me why Firefox is stripping off the .cvs extension, > and how I can prevent this? > > Firefox is evidently getting Target_File_Name.csv, so I wonder whether > it's zapping the extension as a security issue. I can't find a > setting for this, however. > > Thanks, > Bob Mack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
