Hi

Can someone suggest a way for the user to be able to export a report to Excel.  I am currently displaying the report
in a TPlugin (as a PDF), which works fine, but I want the user to be able to export the report.  Should I can create the Excel export on the server side and send file to client?  If so how do I send the file to the client?

Thanks

Godfrey,

<< Can someone suggest a way for the user to be able to export a report to Excel.  I am currently displaying the report in a TPlugin (as a PDF), which works fine, but I want the user to be able to export the report.  Should I can create the Excel export on the server side and send file to client?  If so how do I send the file to the client? >>

It's exactly the same as the PDF, but instead of a content-disposition of "inline;filename=xxxx" for the responses, you'll use "attachment;filename=xxxx".  The "attachment" part is what tells the browser that it should prompt the user to download the file (specified in the filename portion).

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

<<it's exactly the same as the PDF, but instead of a content-disposition of "inline;filename=xxxx" for the responses, you'll use "attachment;filename=xxxx".  The "attachment" part is what tells the browser that it should prompt the user to download the file (specified in the filename portion).>>

What should the "ContentType" be?  It is currently 'application/pdf' for PDF files?

Thanks
Godfrey

Godfrey,

<< What should the "ContentType" be?  It is currently 'application/pdf' for PDF files? >>

You can find all of the valid MIME types here:

http://www.sitepoint.com/web-foundations/mime-types-complete-list/

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com