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I am using the method below to export the contents of a cold fusion page to excel. When I try to open the file my browser gives me the following message (below also). Is there a way to avoid having this message displayed? Thanks.<br />
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The file you are trying to open, 'filename.xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corruupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?<br />
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&lt;CFHEADER NAME=&quot;Content-Disposition&quot;<wbr /> VALUE=&quot;attachment;filename<wbr />=filename.<wbr />xls&quot;&gt;<br />
&lt;cfcontent type=&quot;application/vnd.ms-e<wbr />xcel&quot;&gt;
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I am using the method below to export the contents of a cold fusion page to excel. When I try to open the file my browser gives me the following message (below also). Is there a way to avoid having this message displayed? Thanks.

Message
The file you are trying to open, 'filename.xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corruupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?

Method
<CFHEADER NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="attachment;filename=filename.xls">
<cfcontent type="application/vnd.ms-excel">

Exporting to Excel - security warning

ColdFusion is a server-side rapid application development platform originally created by Allaire and now sold by Adobe, implementing the dynamic general purpose CFML programming language. The term ColdFusion is sometimes colloquially used to refer to the CFML language (Cold Fusion Markup Language), but can also include discussions of the server software implementation. ColdFusion runs using a customised version of Apache Tomcat. Earlier versions are bundled with JRun.