download file instead of opening in browser

[Sherry Rose Ong]

Hi,

How can I automatically download a file(.xlsm) instead of opening in browser?

Thank you.

Regards,

Sherry 

[Avlesh Singh]

I don't think this problem can be solely solved with URF.

Here's a code sample of how you can do it in a Java servlet - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6520231/how-to-force-browser-to-download-file (it basically boils down to setting a few response headers and writing the file content to outputstream.

In the HTML5 world, you can simply do this by adding a "download" attribute inside the link for the browser to trigger a download prompt instead of opening it inside the browser. Something like the below:

<a download="/path/to/file.xlsm">Download</a>

More on this here - http://davidwalsh.name/download-attribute

Avlesh

WebEngage

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