problems with link_to_remote and send_file

rubyonrails-talk
1

Hi everyone,

I working on an app that at some point generates an xls report(charts, summary lines, etc) and sends it to the user. If i use link_to everything works fine; however when change to link_to_remote so i can make an ajax call it doesn;t seam to work ( i do not get the save/open dialog box)

def exp_to_excel_2003 @filepath = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/files/Metrics Report.xls"       send_file(@filepath ,       :disposition => 'attachment',       :filename => "Metrics Reports.xls",       :encoding => 'utf8',       :type => 'application/octet-stream') end

Can anyone help?! Any input is appreciated.

Thank you,

2

I'm looking for a way to do this as well. The closest example I've found is this method to play an mp3 file inline with link_to_remote:

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-March/003281.html

Haven't found a simple solution that does what we're looking for though.