Jeetandra Mahtani wrote:
> Hello - We have a search form where users enter several parameters. The results page
> displays the values retrieved in a fixed format. Is it possible to give the users an
> option to download the results in a CSV file ( so that they can open it in Excel or
>so).
> Something like when they click on the submit button of the form, rather then
>displaying
> the results page, bring up a save dialot to save the generated CSV file.
> Appreciate it if anyone can give me any ideas on how to implement this or point me
>to a
> site which gives me more information on how to implement this?
> Thanks,
> J
>
This one is really easy -- it is a simple matter of setting the content type of the
response before you start writing, like this:
response.setContentType("text/plain");
PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
writer.println(...);
...
Doing this will cause the output to be displayed in a fixed font in the browser
window. If
you know that your users are running Windows with MS-Office installed, you can also
cause
the output file to automatically start MS Excel, for example, by using a content type
of
"application/ms-excel". The only requirement is that the user have this mapped to the
corresponding application in their browser configuration.
Craig McClanahan
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