CODEWITHSUNDEEP
html
tonyf
tonyf

Reputation: 35567

Click on CSV file link within an iframe opens in Browser (IE6) instead of MS Excel

I have an iframe that contains a report, which also allows a user to click on a link to open the report within MS Excel.

My problem here is that when the user clicks on the link to export and open up within MS Excel, it actually opens within the broswer window - MS IE6 instead of MS Excel, which I don't want.

Any ideas how to get around this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1026

Answers (1)

markus
markus

Reputation: 40685

Are you sending the correct headers to the client?

For Excel, these headers could look lik that:

header('Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel; charset=yourcharset');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=yourfilename.xls");

And if you get your Excel sheet opened correctly but still in the browser window, you can do two things. 1) Change that setting on your local machine OR 2) Use application/octet-stream as Content-type. Then the browser won't try to open the file.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions