Hi, in my application i want to develop a code where when i click on download link , csv file get downloaded to client side. so for this i put <a href="/download_template.csv" style="color:#000000"> Download the group template (requires Excel).</a>(download_template.csv is my public dir.) code in rhtml.its working correctly for IE but in Mozilla it directly open in browser instade that it ask for pop up, how should i do it?
reinhart
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Streaming.html#M000228
send_file( 'public/download_template.csv', :type => 'text/csv', :disposition => 'attachment', :stream => true, :filename => 'download_template.csv' )
Except for :type, the other options are the defaults.
-Rob
Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com
Rob Biedenharn wrote:
As you could determine from the documentation link (if not from the documentation itself), this is part of ActionController. It goes into an action method and takes the place of a render or redirect.
Typically, you use send_file (or send_data) when the file is not visible in the standard directory structure (i.e., not under public/) or when you want to base the response on some calculation or property of the request.
-Rob
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Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com
