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execCommand saveas problem

Asked by: menreeq

We're using a web service to run reports, and we're trying to save the report out as a CSV file.  When we click to save the file out, we get a two frame window, one of the frames 'DelimitedTop' just has instructions on how to save the file, the other frame is supposed to just invoke the 'save as' dialog to save this CSV file. Instead, it just displays the text in the other frame and does not allow us to save the file out. This works properly on other systems, what can I change to get the behavior that I am expecting?

I've attached the source code of this site and it looks like it is using the execCommand('saveas'...

<html>
<head>
<title>Court Referral Program Delimited File</title>
 
</head>
<script>
function saveAsMe (filename)
{
bottomFrame.document.execCommand('SaveAs',1,filename);
}
 
</script>
 
<frameset rows="20%,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
  <frame src="DelimitedTop.asp" name="topFrame" scrolling="Yes" noresize>
  <frame onLoad="saveAsMe('Results.csv');" src="Delimited.asp?sm=0&popup=&refresh=&StartDate=9%2F1%2F2008&r_StartDate=Start+Date+is+required&EndDate=9%2F30%2F2008&r_EndDate=End+Date+is+required&TheFormID=28&Q_WhatType=0" name="bottomFrame" scrolling="Yes" noresize>
</frameset><noframes></noframes>
</html>

                                  
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2008-10-14 at 14:50:37ID23814693
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Answers

 

by: menreeqPosted on 2008-10-14 at 14:53:04ID: 22716389

just an FYI: I am not able to change the site HTML at all.

 

by: scrathcyboyPosted on 2008-10-14 at 19:53:57ID: 22717792

"This works properly on other systems, what can I change to get the behavior that I am expecting?"

The file save dialog box all depends on how each USER has set up his OWN COMPUTER to save files, and which extensions are to be saved and which are not.  Run windows file manager (explorer) on a system that works, and a system that does not.  Look at tools, folder options, file types, and look for the file extension you want to save.  You will see they are set different on a working system vs. not working.

Synchronize the two.  Also in the browser, this setting can be changed too.  Depends on browser, in FF, or sea monkey, edit preferences, advanced, system, sync the settings there, as well as edit, preferences, navigator, helper applications -- the correct MIME types need to be synced there too.

For IE, it is in control panel, internet options, look around and SYNC the two systems.

 

by: menreeqPosted on 2008-10-16 at 15:02:09ID: 22736171

I checked the two, and the file associations were the same, as well as the IE options.

I found a work around since this is a plaintext file (CSV) to just 'View Source' of the frame, and save it as a CSV file.

 

by: scrathcyboyPosted on 2008-10-16 at 16:33:05ID: 22736755

your initial question did not indicate that all you wanted to do is save the source of the file -- in which case, as you found out, view source, save as -- simple as that.

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