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Downloading File from Server with force_download - El Forum - 02-02-2008 [eluser]rfrancis[/eluser] OK, maybe it's because it is so late, but I can't seem to create what I am trying to do. I'm generating a CSV file that gets held on my server, no problem. In the view that loads I want a link that forces the file to download with out redirecting the screen that I am on - from a UI perspective I click the link and the download starts. I can use anchor_popup linking to the controller that has the force_download in it, which opens a small popup window and the file begins downloading, from a UI perspective I am fine with this. I would like to include a message in the popup window about the file being downloaded, etc. Unfortunately I can't write any content into the popup window - I think the download headers are stopping that from happening. Here is my code: Link in view: Code: <?php echo anchor_popup('subject_search/downloadcsv', 'Download CSV of Results', $popupatts);?> Controller: Code: function downloadcsv() Is there a better way I should be trying to do this? What am I missing? |