Re: [U2] Pushing csv
All, Once again, this list has provided me with excellent answers. I just implemented the new changes successfully and have a happy client. Thank you to all responders. - Chuck --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Pushing csv - solution and [AD] Real spreadsheets
> From: Dave Walker > We automatically send CSV-formatted ASNs (Advance Ship > Notices), ...that, to the user, appears to be an > Excel spreadsheet. NebulaXLite generates real formatted Excel spreadsheets from BASIC. The documents can also be opened from OpenOffice and Google Docs. You don't need Excel at all, and it's much better than a CSV. Apropos to this thread, rather than pushing CSV to a browser, rap the data in HTML. A simple table will do - do not include HTML or BODY tags, start with TABLE. Then use ContentType: application/vnd.ms-excel Other MIME types to try: application/excel application/x-excel application/x-msexcel With NebulaXLite, just save the file to a web server as .xls. When the user opens it with a plain link, it opens with Excel in the browser in edit mode. Click the example on the page below. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development http:// remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/products/xlite.htm http:// remove.thisNebula-RnD.com/forum (See notes about Excel to MV too, including free source code) --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Pushing csv
Chuck, If you don't send the Content-length, the browser will have no idea how much data it should expect during download. If you want the transfer size to be shown during download then you need to provide the total Content-length of the HTTP message body. Remember: this includes ALL characters in the body after the first CRLF that starts the body section of the response(CR,LF,FF,etc). DATA<1>="1,2,3,4" DATA<2>="5,6,7,8" If DATA<1> and DATA<2> are sent to the browser with UV adding CRLF combos for each attribute of DATA then the total Content-length would be 18. 14 for the visible chars and 4 for both CRLF combos. If you notice your download coming up short on a few characters, then check your content length calculator. As far as forcing a download, just set the MIME-type to a bogus application value. Content-type: application/keyally. The browser will prompt the user to determine how to handle the "keyally" document type. To take this a step further, you could write your own CSV import utility for the O/S and update the O/S file handling to match. Set file types of .keyally and also MIME types of application/keyally to open with . Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rex Gozar > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:43 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Pushing csv > > Charles, > > To have the browser treat your data stream as a download, you need to > set the HTTP header "Content-type: application/download". This needs to > be set in the "header", not the section. > > Universe has the setRequestHeader() function, but the documentation is > not clear on how to set the body of the data. > > Normally, an HTTP response is pretty straightforward: > > 001: Content-type: application/download > 002: > 003: some,comma,delimited,data > 004: some,comma,delimited,data > > Omit the line numbers. The HTTP header is separated from the content > using a blank line (linefeed). I don't think any other headers are > required (but I could be wrong.) "Content-length" is nice to have. > > Note that you can experiment with other mime-types to get the download > to open in an application. > > rex > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Pushing csv
We automatically send CSV-formatted ASNs (Advance Ship Notices), but use the following to send them as an attachment that, to the user, appears to be an Excel spreadsheet. Some of the more informative lines would be: 027: MAIL.TO.EMAIL<1,1> = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' 028: MAIL.TO.NAME<1,1> = 'ASN List' 029: MAIL.SUBJECT = "ASN for ":OCONV(DATE(), "D2/") 030: MAIL.CONTENT.TYPE<1,1> = 'text/plain' 031: MAIL.HEADER.USE = 'DEFAULT-ONLY' 032: MAIL.MULTIPART = 'Y' 033: 034: * Send generated spreadsheet via email 035: MAIL.TEXT<1,1,1> = 'EDI ASN for ':OCONV(DATE(), "D2/") 036: MAIL.TEXT<1,1,1> := ". Please send any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]" 037: MAIL.TEXT<1,2> = '' 038: MAIL.CONTENT.TYPE<1,2> = 'application/vnd.ms-excel' 039:READV HOME.PATH FROM CONTROL,'HOMEPATH',1 ELSE 040: HOME.PATH = "/export/home/ftptrans" 041:END 042: MAIL.ATTACH.FILES<1,2> = HOME.PATH:'/':SPRDSHT.NAME We then call a generic subroutine, SEND.MIME.EMAIL, that attaches the generated CSV file and bangs directly on the mail server to send it out. Hope this helps. If you'd like more details, contact me off list and I'll be happy to answer questions. -- Dave Walker Programmer/Analyst Ivy Hill - Louisville (502) 473-2811 *IBM Certified Solutions Expert *U2 Family Application Development --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Pushing csv
Charles, To have the browser treat your data stream as a download, you need to set the HTTP header "Content-type: application/download". This needs to be set in the "header", not the section. Universe has the setRequestHeader() function, but the documentation is not clear on how to set the body of the data. Normally, an HTTP response is pretty straightforward: 001: Content-type: application/download 002: 003: some,comma,delimited,data 004: some,comma,delimited,data Omit the line numbers. The HTTP header is separated from the content using a blank line (linefeed). I don't think any other headers are required (but I could be wrong.) "Content-length" is nice to have. Note that you can experiment with other mime-types to get the download to open in an application. rex --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
RE: [U2] Pushing csv
To make the browser treat it as a download is a combination of the mime type set for the file extension on the web server and what the end users browser is set to do with that mime type. You may find that by default .csv is set to text/plain so you may want to configure your web server to something different. Rgds Symeon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Barouch Sent: 08 November 2007 17:14 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Pushing csv All, I am building CSV data and HTML data out of a database and pushing the results back to the browser which made the request. I have no problem building the data or pushing the HTML. The CSV data, however is tricky because it is in memory, not a file, and I need to know how to send it to the browser *in a way that the browser will treat it as a download*. I'm pretty sure there is some HTML I can slot into the to do this task, but I can't find a good example. All help appreciated. - Chuck --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
