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"Force" Download with User Approval

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Nov 01.2011

Hi,

We have links on our website that point directly to Excel spreadsheet files on our server. When the user clicks a link, It will display a dialog, asking if the user wants to Open or Save the file (standard browser procedure). I want to provide the same functionality, but with a dynamically created file.

For example, instead of a link, the screen will have a button. If the user clicks the button, a CSV file will be created and stored on the server. I then want to be able to immediately “download” that file, as if it were a link on the page and the user clicked it. So, they would then be shown the Open/Save dialog to give them the option to view or download the file. Any way to do that using JavaScript?

Thanks,

Tim

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@rnd_meNov 01.2011 — window.open(fileURL)
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@tpdietzauthorNov 02.2011 — Excellent! Thanks! -Tim
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