> From: Shaw, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> correction:
>
> I got it working by adding the following line in my generator:
> response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;
filename=output.xls");
> ..but having to hard-code a parameter name in my generator as well as
my
> sitemap leads to a potential consistency problem.
>
> Any better ideas?
You can write an action, with two parameters: disposition and filename.
Then you can reuse it for other types of files.
Vadim
> TIA
>
> Chris
> -=-=-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaw, Chris
> Sent: 11 April 2002 14:23
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Excel needs filename?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the HSSFSerializer to generate an M$-Excel file....
> The mime-type is set to: application/vnd.ms-excel
>
> When I use Netscape it works perfectly....
> But when I use IE it doesn't recognise the mime-type - it instead
tries to
> look at the filename....and the filename is basically junk.
>
> I searched the archives and found that I could use perhaps overcomes
this by
> adding the following:
> response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;
filename=output");
> or:
> response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
> filename=output.xls");
> (though the 2nd option doesn't work for me).
>
>
> However, I'm using my own generator to generate XML.....always
XML.....and
> then I have an if statement in my sitemap to choose a different
> transfomer&serializer (HTML, PDF, Excel etc....) based upon an input
> parameter.
> My fallback solution is to also test for this parameter inside my
generator
> and, if Excel was chosen, add this line as above.
> But this is a m-ugly solution....and not as easily maintainable....
>
> What I can't understand is that my fo2pdf serializer doesn't have the
same
> problem...this works 100% whether in IE or Netscape.
>
> I saw references in the mailing list archives about a link
> http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html#faq-iepdfbug but the actual
reference
> in question does not appear on this page (anymore)....
> Does anyone have any more info and/or a better solution to the
problem?
> TIA
> Chris
>
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