Hi Niphlod, If I save file as xlsb I get an "invalid request" upon clicking on the link... Seems the browser is trying to open the files whereas I want it to download.
As for content-type and modifying default.py/download() function accordingly - can you provide an example of what alterations I should make. I can vaguely guess at what content type is all about, but have no idea why it's required and why we should have to set it?? I just want to provide a link so the user can download a file is all... Thanks. On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Niphlod <[email protected]> wrote: > content-type if not provided is guessed by gluon/contenttype.py. > for xslx is > 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet' > > If you need a different content-type, alter the default.py/download()function > accordingly.... > > > On Monday, August 26, 2013 2:13:58 PM UTC+2, Tim Richardson wrote: >> >> As a workaround, try saving the file as .xlsb and see what happens. >> >> On Monday, 26 August 2013 21:06:33 UTC+10, Andrew Buchan wrote: >>> >>> >>> I'm having a strange issue with a static file download. In the static >>> folder I have a file with an xlsm extension, which I want users to be able >>> to download via a hyperlink, which is created in the controller like so: >>> >>> report_file_name = "DESIGN_SPEND_VS_ESTIMATE.**xlsm" >>> ... >>> DIV(P(A('Download report: %s' % report_file_name, >>> _href=URL(r=request,c='static/**downloads',f=report_file_name)**))), >>> ... >>> >>> This creates a download link which works fine in Google chrome, Fine in >>> IE9, but not in IE8, where it tries to download the file with a .xlsx >>> extension, which Excel cannot open, so it looks like I'm serving a corrupt >>> file, which I'm not. >>> >>> I've read up on this and aside from the really useful advice of telling >>> me not to use IE8 (the default browser in my client's, the only pointer I >>> get is that it may be to do with MIME type sniffing in IE, and that I need >>> to change .htaccess settings on the server, which is equally useless to me >>> as I might not always be in control of the server. As it turns out, this >>> app runs on rocket on Windows, and there's nothing in the rocket docs about >>> mime types, and I don't know if setting a .htaccess would even work on >>> Windows. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/uENzWdeuy2c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
