Re: Launching Excel from a CGI

[rashley]

Ah, one hitch. As is, the default file name when you go to open/save it is the name of the CGI doing the work. How can I control that name?

[derby]

Use something like LiveHTTPHeaders (or wget) to see if your Content-Disposition is being set correctly -- I haven't tested it but I think you may need to do Content_Disposition. Or just use the -attachment parameter:

 print $cgi->header(
  -type => 'application/vnd.ms-excel',
  -attachment => $file,
  -Content_Length => $filesize
);

update: Either using -Content_Disposition or -attachment works for me.