I added these two lines and its working now!
response.headers['Content-Disposition']='attachment;
filename=test.xls'
response.headers['Content-Title']='test.xls'
Dave
On Jul 21, 4:48 pm, Dave <davidramsayreinh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I added it to default.py controller, so it is working as an action
> there.
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> When i go to that URL (.../default/excel_report), the file downloads
> as "excel_report" with no extension. I am testing using Mac OS, so
> not sure if that matters. The file is fine. When i rename it with
> the .xls extension it opens in my spreadsheet application.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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> On Jul 21, 1:51 pm, Joaquin Orbe <joaquino...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Dave <davidramsayreinh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This works great, but when i download the file it is missing the
> > > extension.
> > > Is there an easy way to add '.xls' to the file name?
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> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
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> > Hi Dave,
> > how do you download the file? This method is an action in one controller,
> > ie:
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> >http://127.0.0.1:8000/myapp/printer/excel_report
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> > and the file is downloaded as XLS.
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> > Joaco.
