Re: CGI Trying to save file to computer rather then display it in browser

[olly]

I am always a bit puzzled by the reasons m scripts are offered for download all of a sudden, but I maybe it has something to do with the content-type which you have set to test/html. I have never seen it before. Could it be the correct line should be
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

Just a guess.

Imagination is more important then knowledge -Einstein-

[stuffy]

Talk about feeling stupid. Maybe I should find a good editor to proof my scripts. Thanks alot. I looked it over and over, but I couldn't see that. Kind-a like the real part of my job, (the scripting thing is extra)sometimes it takes another set of eyes.

[virtualsue]

I am always a bit puzzled by the reasons m scripts are offered for download all of a sudden, but I maybe it has something to do with the content-type which you have set to test/html. I have never seen it before. Could it be the correct line should be print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

This error might have been avoided by using CGI.pm like so:

#/usr/local/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);

print header,      
      start_html(-title=>'My Neat Program'),
print end_html;

The header shortcut by default spits out "Content-type: text/plain"

[Trimbach]

The header shortcut by default spits out "Content-type: text/plain"

No, actually "print header" in CGI.pm spits out "Content-type: text/html." You can get CGI to produce text/plain if you want (or any other MIME type for that matter) but text/html is the default.

Gary Blackburn
Trained Killer

[virtualsue]

Sigh...I hate it when my hands type whatever they want. You are completely correct.