Re: (tye)Re: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to Browser Problem

Hmmm.... I think it is being recognized as perl, as the header is being sent, because the source shows up in an excel file in the browser window. Also, if I change the header to text, I get a browser window of binary gibberish. Hmm... perhaps my install of the module is bad...

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(tye)Re2: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to Browser Problem by tye (Sage) on May 02, 2001 at 06:25 UTC
My guess is that the header isn't being sent but that you have named your CGI .xls and IE is ignoring the header and interpretting the downloaded text as a spreadsheet and silently deciding to convert it to such. Update*: Try it with a different browser. Or better, use LWP::Simple to see what is really being sent: `perl -MLWP::Simple -e "print get('http://www.alienfishexchange.com/')" + \| more perl -MLWP::Simple -e "print join '\|',head('http://www.alienfishexchan +ge.com/')"` [download] - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l]

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(tye)Re2: Spreadsheet::WriteExcel to Browser Problem
by tye (Sage) on May 02, 2001 at 06:25 UTC

My guess is that the header isn't being sent but that you have named your CGI *.xls and IE is ignoring the header and interpretting the downloaded text as a spreadsheet and silently deciding to convert it to such.

Update: Try it with a different browser. Or better, use LWP::Simple to see what is really being sent:

perl -MLWP::Simple -e "print get('http://www.alienfishexchange.com/')"
+ | more
perl -MLWP::Simple -e "print join '|',head('http://www.alienfishexchan
+ge.com/')"
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