Posted by Alan Searle on 06/02/05 21:19

I have incorporated a link to a CSV (comma delimited) file in a simple
HTML web page with the following ...

<a href="myfile.csv"> Open MyFile </a>

.... and find that, yes, the link is found, but the browser simply
displays the content (text) of the file rather than opening it in a
local application. What I really need, however, is for the browser to
prompt the user to open the file with his/her choice of application
(e.g. MS-Excel or OpenOffice).

Is there a command/piece of syntax that would force this?

Or maybe there is a setting on my server (Apache) that I need to change?

I have consulted my HTML manuals but so far haven't found anything to
help me so any tips would be gratefully received.

Regards,
Alan Searle.

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