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Hi Gary,
Did you use Microsoft Office's Excel for Mac to open CSV files,
or you use Mac's default application AppleWork 6's SpreadSheet
to open it? If you used SpreadSheet, how did you configure it?

Thanks for your Help!


--- "Malcolm, Gary" <gmalcolm at professionalcredit.com> wrote:
> ly,
> 
> after a bit of googling around "ie for mac" i find that this
> problem
> (dynamic file download) seems to be pervasive. 
> 
> phpbuilder.com suggests exhorting mac end-users to switch to
> netscape 6+...
> or emailing a fix/bug suggestion to the m$ ie for mac team
> (talk about
> swimming upstream!).
> 
> i'll keep an eye out for work arounds.
> 
> gary 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LY [mailto:heli_travel at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 07 May, 2003 11:39 AM
> > To: NYPHP Talk
> > Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] PHP headers and Mac Machine
> Downloads
> > 
> > 
> > That is:
> > 
> > Explorer Version 5.2.1 (4717) for Mac
> > Encryption:128 bit
> > User Agent: Mozillor/4.0 (compatible: MSIE 5.21;
> Mac_PowerPc)
> > 
> > is it ok?
> > 
> > thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Malcolm, Gary" <gmalcolm at professionalcredit.com> wrote:
> > > what browser (name and version) are you using... please
> don't
> > > say NS4 :) 
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: LY [mailto:heli_travel at yahoo.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 07 May, 2003 10:59 AM
> > > > To: NYPHP Talk
> > > > Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] PHP headers and Mac Machine
> > > Downloads
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Gary,
> > > > 
> > > > I still can't open it on the Mac. I can open this in
> windows
> > > > with no problem. It still gives me a url in eMac, it
> doesn't
> > > > give me the "downloaded.csv".
> > > > Please advise!
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > --- "Malcolm, Gary" <gmalcolm at professionalcredit.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > this worked for me...
> > > > > 
> > > > >     header("Pragma: ");
> > > > >     header("Cache-Control: ");
> > > > >     header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
> > > > >     header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y
> H:i:s") .
> > > "
> > > > > GMT");
> > > > >     header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache,
> > > > > must-revalidate");
> > > > >     header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0",
> > > false);
> > > > >     header("Content-type:
> > > > > application/csv-tab-delimited-table;");
> > > > >     header("Content-Disposition: attachment;
> > > > > filename=downloaded.csv");
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: LY [mailto:heli_travel at yahoo.com]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 07 May, 2003 9:03 AM
> > > > > > To: NYPHP Talk
> > > > > > Subject: [nycphp-talk] PHP headers and Mac Machine
> > > Downloads
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I got a very interesting question. When I try to use
> PHP
> > > to
> > > > > > produce a dowload file, I usually use header, like
> this:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel;
> > > > > > charset=$dest_charset");
> > > > > > print(" " . $content); 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I print the very long string out with a specfic
> header
> > > > > > information.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This code works fine on windows, linux machines, but
> it
> > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > work for Mac. Mac will download an url instead of a
> > > excel
> > > > > file.
> > > > > > the above code, will give me aa abc.xls file on
> windows
> > > and
> > > > > > linux, but will give me an url, like
> > > > > > this"http://www.abc.com/app.shtml?nam=a&execid=1212"
> on
> > > Mac,
> > > > > and
> > > > > > I can't open it!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This things bother me a lot, Could some one help me
> out:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 1)Do I need to configure browser on that Mac to plug
> in
> > > some
> > > > > > applications?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 2)How to change the header to let Mac to download an
> > > excel
> > > > > file
> > > > > > with a specified name and extension instaead of a
> > > > > > url(http://www.abc.com/app.shtml?nam=a&execid=1212)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks for your help!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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