I don't remember if you posted any code, but I get by this with the following:
<cfset Variables.contVal = "inline;filename=#Variables.myFileName#" /> <cfheader value="#Variables.contVal#" name="content-disposition"> <cfcontent type="#Variables.myType#" reset="Yes" variable="#Variables.mySpreadsheetVar#"> Before All that I build the spreadsheet and put it into Variables.mySpreadsheetVar. What version of CF are you on? Are you using HTML, CFSpreadsheet, or some other method to generate the spreadsheet? I had an issue similar to what you had before, but I started building the spreadsheets using POI then when they get pushed to the browser they are in true spreadsheet format instead of html pretending to be xls (or xlsx). Sometimes the browser would see the xls extension but would then check the content and see html and act weirdly. By using the poi I not only get rid of those problems but it also got rid of the Excel "Not in the same format" popup. If you can consider this option let me know and I may be able to help a little. Also, do you have access to the server itself? I upgraded the POI that comes with ColdFusion to the latest version and I can do a lot more extra stuff. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Robert Gallagher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:35 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfheader/cfheader not working as expected I truly understand what you're saying but how these things work it not consistent which is frustrating. What's really crazy is we have dozens of Excel download links in our various apps like this example and some work perfectly with "value=inline" but most have the undesirable behavior (code name and read-only) which actually still works. Why "inline" provides the dialog box option of remembering the download decision but using "attachment" does not give that option (at least in IE) is very inconsistent but not surprising. Since this is not earth shattering I will chalk this up to browser inconsistency and move on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
