Hi - I have a csv file sitting in a directory that only my CGI script can see. This is good, 'cos it means that it can't be got at from a web browser.

I want to let the sales team get at the file, so I'm writing an HTML page which submits a password to a simple CGI script. The script should check the password is OK, then return the CSV file.


However:

What I'd like to happen is for the browser to pop up a 'save as' dialogue box, and let the user save the file. This is what would happen if I gave the users the direct URL of the file.

At the moment, I can only manage to get the script to print it out to the browser, so the content appears as a web page.

Can I get the CGI to not splurge it out to the page? Change the header type maybe? I guess it has something to do with the perceived MIME type.

Any help is much appreciated.

willdooUK
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In reply to Returning a CSV file from CGI by willdooUK

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