Excel file not forcing a download cfcontent

[countdrak]

I am using cfcontent to display my file. I wanna force the use r to download the file as xls. But the file keeps opening up in the IE. In firefox it works fine.

Help?

here is the code

<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="filename=test.xls">
<cfcontent type="application/msexcel">

then i have my querys and html

Thanks guys.

 

[Sarky78]

whenever I've done something like this i've used this:

<cfcontent type="application/unknown">

otherwise you are invokeing the browsers known mime types, and ie knows that it can open a xls file

Hope this helps!

Tony

 

[htower]

Try adding a file path in the cfcontent tag
<cfcontent type="text/msexcel" file="fullPathtoTheFile.xls">

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if( !succeed ) try( );

 

[countdrak]

Had to open the file in a new window! That fixed it.