HI, this is how I do it: response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=as_you_wish.pdf'
regards José L. 2017-02-13 1:04 GMT+01:00 Paul Ellis <[email protected]>: > When want to save a PDF made with FPDF and web2py. The filename is always > the controller function name (pdf_view) in this case. > > I would like to make the filename take a value from the database. Customer > name or Business name for example. > > I have tried adding a name in the output() but it doesn't help: > response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf' > return pdf.output(name=bname, dest='S') > > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > 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/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.

