S
szczepiq
Hi,
I made nice servlet (Struts action actually) that downloads xls (or
opens - depends what the users chooses).
headers:
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
filename=report.xls");
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
works on win2k perfectly. I click a download link, then I can choose
whether to save or open - both work great.
Now win XP... Download works but when I choose to open the file - it
opens only if there is already ms-excel opened in the background. If
ms-excel is closed (typical scenario
), IE 6.0 seems to download the
file (yes, the progress bar), then opens the ms-excel, then I see
beautiful error message that the file "documents and
settings/.../../report[1].xls" cannot be found.
In fact this file does not exists (IE's progress bar is a malicious
lier) in any place of the hdd.
Note that everything works on IE 6.0 (or firefox) in win2k (so I
decided not to post any code samples) but opening file fails on IE 6.0
in winXP
What is wrong then?
I tried plethora of different headers in every possible combinations
found in posts of similar (but not equal) problems with file downloads.
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee help or I will have to hire a psychiatrist
I made nice servlet (Struts action actually) that downloads xls (or
opens - depends what the users chooses).
headers:
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
filename=report.xls");
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
works on win2k perfectly. I click a download link, then I can choose
whether to save or open - both work great.
Now win XP... Download works but when I choose to open the file - it
opens only if there is already ms-excel opened in the background. If
ms-excel is closed (typical scenario
), IE 6.0 seems to download thefile (yes, the progress bar), then opens the ms-excel, then I see
beautiful error message that the file "documents and
settings/.../../report[1].xls" cannot be found.
In fact this file does not exists (IE's progress bar is a malicious
lier) in any place of the hdd.
Note that everything works on IE 6.0 (or firefox) in win2k (so I
decided not to post any code samples) but opening file fails on IE 6.0
in winXP
What is wrong then?
I tried plethora of different headers in every possible combinations
found in posts of similar (but not equal) problems with file downloads.
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee help or I will have to hire a psychiatrist