CFFile would be used to write out the xls file on the server, on a shared
drive, upload a file, etc.
To save the xls file to their desktop (or wherever) they should simply
choose 'save as' from the file menu once the spreadsheet is loaded or
right-click the link and choose 'save target as'
In short, you don't need cffile for this.
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:51 PM
: To: CF-Talk
: Subject: CFFile Pointers
:
:
: Good afternoon all,
: I have been tasked with the following:
:
: 1. The user can run a report based upon some selection criteria (fields,
: ect).
: 2. The user can see this report in two different formats (a. on the site
: itself rendered in HTML, and b. in excel spreadsheet format -- I have used
: the custom tag cf_excel for the latter)
:
: This all works fine.
:
: Except for the following:
:
: Sometimes the spreadsheet opens inside the parent web page, and
: sometimes it
: opens in excel. But either way, it is still a spreadsheet.
:
: It seems to be desktop specific, it will either always load inside the
: browser, or inside an instance of Excel. I
:
: So instead the users want the ability to save the spreadsheet instead of
: actually seeing it run.
:
: I am having a hard time understanding how to make this work.
:
: This is what I think should happen:
:
: 1. User clicks the To Excel button
: 2. Page executes (Query is run, recordset is generated, custom tag is
: called, spreadsheet is built)
: 3. User is promted to save the resulting .xls file (using CFFile?).
: 4. User saves the file using standard windows file selection interface.
:
: I am sure this is possible, but cant seem to get to step 3 from step 2.
:
: Any help would be appreciated.
:
: John
:
:
:
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