Here is the code - 
    print $cgi->header(                           
                         -meta => {
                                     'HTTP-EQUIV' => 'refresh',
                                     'CONTENT'    => '5',
                                     'URL'        => 'http://url/file.
+xls'
                                     });
    print $cgi->start_html();
    print "<h1>HTML Body</h1>";
    print $cgi->end_html();

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I am trying to print some html, and 5 seconds later download a file. Instead of downloading the file, it prints out the file in html. My feeling is this has to do with the default header content-type that specifies html. So what I end up seeing is binary data printed out in my browser, plus the html I am trying to print. What I want is to print out the html, and then have a popup screen that allows me to download the file. Problem is I need to specify two content-types it seems. Can this be done as a multipart document? Does anyone have any code examples? Help is greatly appreciated... ;0)

In reply to Cannot download and print html by frank_2k4

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