Re: File Downloads

Matt, Thanks for that one. That's what I need. Regards --Clive ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Williams" <matt@yewlands.com> To: <clive_a_hughes@hotmail.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] File Downloads > Hi Clive > > My file is a standard CSV; I want Netscape to offer > > me the save as dialog (as it does now) and IE to > > give me the File Download dialog box and offer the > > correct filename if I want to save it. If I just > > redirect to the CSV file, IE opens it in Excel > > (without File Download dialog) and Netscape treats > > is as text. > > The IE issue is a windows/IE problem. > What happens is when M$ Office installs it registers the file associations > (obviously). So when IE sees a file that is registered to office it opens up > the app in the browser (like Acrobat does). > What you need to do is go into view > Folder Options form within windows > explorer. > Now click on the file types tab and scroll down and find M$ Excel Worksheet. > Now click edit and check the confirm open after download box. > > This should bring up the save as box > > HTH M@ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >