I have a perl program that creates an XLSX file using Excel::Writer::XLSX. and create a small html page with the link to the above file so that the user can open the file in Browser. However, since XLSX is not a recognized MIME type, it does not open the file and displays some junk chars. I did ask the same ?s on Excel::Writer::XLSX group and John replied to use "Content-type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet\n"; I am not sure on how to use this. I have the following in my perl script (that creates the HTML file) print OUTFILE 'Click Here for your Excel Report' . "\n"; TIA for all the suggestion/feedback.

In reply to Excel::Writer::XLSX - content-Type by sanjus

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