in reply to Re: How to download a file from the server
in thread How to download a file from the server

Upon clicking on that a href link , it simply displays the content on the createReport.pl page as :

Content-Type:application/vnd.ms-excel Content-Disposition:attachment;f +ilename=report.xls


Whereas I am expecting a download dialog to appear and letting me download the report.xls

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Re^3: How to download a file from the server
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 23, 2013 at 12:54 UTC

    it simply displays the content

    you need to look the HTTP, at the bytes, try lwp-download or wget --debug and look at the bytes