Thread: opening excel file

Hi,

I have a drop down on a page where user selects a value and then a excel file opens up

it works good in mozilla but in IE it doesnt open up the excel file i see a new page been open but then suddenly it closes the file

i have checked the popus in IE and i dont know what the problem is

Here is the code

Code:

<%
Response.ContentType ="application/vnd.ms-excel" 
getid=Trim(Request.querystring("id"))
Response.write getid
%>

I see the output written when i use mozilla but it just doesnt work in IE.

I am using IE 7.0

any idea

todd

Todd, I don't see why it would work in FF and not IE. Is it not working on your machine or someone else's machine? Based upon the code you provided, I don't see where it would be causing that problem.

Have you tried reducing the security for IE7... I've ran into issues where ie7 prevents a page from being displayed or app opened whereas ie6 would open it just fine.

Originally Posted by sbenj69

Have you tried reducing the security for IE7... I've ran into issues where ie7 prevents a page from being displayed or app opened whereas ie6 would open it just fine.

The problem with this approach, is that he'd have to ask every user of his to change, their security settings.

The better option IMO is to 'force' a download of the excel file, they can choose to open
it but it would be under the Browser's Temp folder.

If you're interested in this, I have a script that can do this

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