May I ask how you manage to disable the page assembler to stuff a different content type in the response ?
I don't see how you can send back something else correct since the page assembler will add html tags around your data...unless I missed something I don't see how we can do this without creating our own VelocityPage that implements a different strategy for assembling a page. -- St�phane Bailliez Software Engineer, Paris - France iMediation - http://www.imediation.com Disclaimer: All the opinions expressed above are mine and not those from my company. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Crossen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 12:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MS Excel and setContentType > > > If you have Excel on the client (and probably if you are running the > IE browser on the client), you can cause Excel to open from a page. > You are on the right track with setting the content type. Put this in > a template and try it. > > $data.setContentType( "application/vnd.ms-excel" ) > <table> > <tr> > <td>text1</td> > <td>1</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>text2</td> > <td>2</td> > </tr> > </table> > > It is even possible to put special strings in the TD tags to use Excel > formatting and Excel formulas in the resulting spreadsheet. Let me > know if you want more information. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fedor Karpelevitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:00 PM > Subject: RE: MS Excel and setContentType > > > > Cross your fingers. > > > > seriously. if you set cont type to something which the file is not > (like in > > your case html is not an xml spreadsheet whatever you are trying to > claim). > > If you want to have a certain type of file to be open with certain > app you > > have to configure the client machine to associate this type with > that app. > > Or use an existing association (s.a. the csv hack proposed) > > > > fedor. > > > > ------------------------------- > > Amicus Plato amicus Aristoteles magis amica veritas > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wei Ru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:05 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: MS Excel and setContentType > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to generate a report using html and open it on the > browser > > > by MS Excel. I am trying to use > > > data.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); then feed the > content > > > some dynamicly generated html text > > > Can any one suggest me a best way to do that? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Wei Ru > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
