Re^4: How to download a file from the server (content disposition CGI->header( qw{ -type mime/type -attachment filename } ) )

Hi ,
The downloading is working now for simple text files. For downloading excel file (.xls) I am using the following content but the files are getting downloaded of 0 bytes size and corrupted.
I am using following content type for excel but of no use. Please help.

print "Content-Type:application/vnd.ms-excel\n";
print "Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=data.xls\n\n";
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Re^5: How to download a file from the server (content disposition CGI->header( qw{ -type mime/type -attachment filename } ) ) by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 24, 2013 at 13:48 UTC
I recommend looking at a network dump and inspecting the web server error logs. ~~Also, you may want to binmode the socket when sending binary data.~~ You also want to send a `Content-Length` header and a HTTP response code. Maybe you want to use HTTP::Response or CGI to create the response output? Update: You're already using `binmode`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: How to download a file from the server (content disposition CGI->header( qw{ -type mime/type -attachment filename } ) ) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 24, 2013 at 13:49 UTC
Update: You're already using binmode. Half the time :)	[reply]
Re^5: How to download a file from the server (content disposition CGI->header( qw{ -type mime/type -attachment filename } ) ) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 24, 2013 at 13:31 UTC
downloaded of 0 bytes size and corrupted. Thats impossible	[reply]


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