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Denise
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If a WebFOCUS report is output to excel, when the user does 'save as' and tries to save the file, it comes up as Save as Type: Web Page (*.htm;*.html) instead of Excel Workbook.



Is there a setting in WebFOCUS, Excel, or Windows 7 that will change it to save as Excel Workbook so it doesn't have to be changed everytime?

Thanks
Denise


7.6.10
Windows, all output
 
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Waz
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I think this could be related to mime types.


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
In Focus since 1984
Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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GamP
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The output of the HOLD AS EXL2K very probably is a file with the extension .xht - which stands for eXtended HTml - which is why a save as will default to something html like. I know of no way to get excel to change the default to something else when doing a save as.


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ABT
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Denise,
I can confirm that this is normal (at least for us) behavior. We've always had to do 'Save as...' in Excel.

Here's a workaround (output file to filesystem location WebServer/Focus can see and redirect the user there to download via HTML form):

-* If your report is blank, funny things will happen
SET EMPTYREPORT = ON

-SET &PGMNAME = 'OUTPUT';

-SET &APPFILE = &PGMNAME||'.XLS';
APP FILEDEF &PGMNAME DISK LIBRARY/&APPFILE

TABLE FILE CAR 
PRINT
*
ON TABLE HOLD AS &PGMNAME FORMAT EXL2K
END

-SET &FILENAME = LOCASE(10,&PGMNAME,&PGMNAME);
-SET &LINK = 'http://server:8080/approot/library/'||&APPFILE;

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
<html> <head> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=&LINK"/> </head> <body> !IBI.FIL.REPORT; </body> </html>


HTH,
- ABT


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Resource Analyzer, Resource Governor, Library, Maintain, InfoAssist
OS: Windows Server 2003
Application/Web Server: Tomcat 5.5.25
Java: JDK 1.6.0_03
Authentication: LDAP, MRREALM Driver
Output: PDF, EXL2K, HTM

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