I tried your suggestion like this:
response.view = offer_number
response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf'
return pdf.output(dest='S')
but I still get the controller function name as the filename when
downloading.
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 1:27:06 AM UTC-7, Paul Ellis wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use pyfpdf to display some information from my my database. When I
>> click save the filename is 'pdf_view' which is the name of the controller
>> function.
>>
>> How can I change this? I want the name to also come from the database.
>>
>> With the help of others on here. I can make a download link without
>> viewing the PDF with a custom filename. However, my client would really
>> prefer to be able to download with a customer filename from the PDF view.
>>
>> This output call works fine. But the Autofill name is not taken from the
>> variable passed to the function.
>>
>> return pdf.output(name=bname, dest='S')
>>
>>
> fpdf? I haven't tried my sample for a while (like not having seen a
> typo), but what I see is that the browser uses the page name (from the
> charming "fpdfdemo" I've called the function).
>
> I'm specifying response.view = generic.pdf, I don't know if that is
> relevant to the naming logic.
>
> /dps
>
>
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