RE: [phpesp-dev] Re: Re: Export Download

[Matthew G. <gr...@mu...>]

Ok, lets see if this thing can reply just once this time.  Serves me right 
using Beta software.

I'm cool with Thrusday.
One other thing to try in your testing.  Past dealings with pushing files 
to IE lead me to belive that it may ignore mime-types and go strictly with 
filename extentions.  So try changing the extention around and see what the 
browsers do.  For example try sending the filename as "somthing.doc" with a 
csv mime-type.  I bet IE will associate it with Word.

Thanks.


--On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:34:20 PM +1100 Kon Angelopoulos 
<an...@cp...> wrote:

> 	Excellent,
>
> 	This is exactly the same process I took, that's why I said that it
> 	may not be a valid type. However, having tested your original patch,
> which used a Content_Type of text/plain-text,
> 	on IE5, IE5.5, IE6, Netscape 4.72, Netscape 6.2.1,
> 	I found no problem with it. All presented the save as dialog box and
> downloaded the file correctly.
>
> 	I can certainly perform the same tests using application/x-csv and
> text/comma-separated-values
> 	and see how I go with them.
> 	I'll present the results to the list on Thursday night (that's Aussie
> time) and we can take it from there.
>
> 	Would everyone be cool with that?
>
> 	If anyone can do it before then let me know.
>
> Kon
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew Gregg [mailto:gr...@mu...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:14 PM
>> To: Kon Angelopoulos; php...@li...
>> Subject: RE: [phpesp-dev] Re: Re: Export Download
>>
>>
>> This is turning into a difficult question indeed :)
>>
>> The /etc/mime.types file on my box lists this:
>> text/comma-separated-values
>>
>> The Official listing of Media(mime) Types at IANA
>> http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
>> list no CVS type at all, but does list
>> test/tab-separated-values
>> which is where I'm assuming text/comma-separate-values derives from.
>>
>> The RFC on the MIME Information Page
>> http://www.hunnysoft.com/mime/
>> List no such mime type and suggest the following:
>>
>> "Unrecognized subtypes of "text" should be treated as subtype "plain"
>> as long as the MIME implementation knows how to handle the charset.
>> Unrecognized subtypes which also specify an unrecognized charset
>> should be treated as "application/octet- stream"."
>>
>> A thread on Google groups
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&frame=right&th=c4a57c10fa3fd
>> a60&seekm
>> =Pine.GHP.4.21.0011201856130.3313-100000%40hpplus03.cern.ch#link1
>>
>> suggests text/comma-separated-values over application/octet-stream.
>>
>> Argh...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:04:49 AM +1100 Kon Angelopoulos
>> <an...@cp...> wrote:
>>
>> > I totally agree
>> > I just don't think application/x-csv is a valid type
>> >
>> > Kon
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Matthew Gregg [mailto:gr...@mu...]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:32 AM
>> >> To: Kon Angelopoulos; php...@li...
>> >> Subject: RE: [phpesp-dev] Re: Re: Export Download
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> But what if I'm not importing into Excel?  I would prefer a
>> more generic
>> >> mime type.  Unless of course "application/x-csv" is totally wrong.
>> >>
>> >> --On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 09:25:18 AM +1100 Kon Angelopoulos
>> >> <an...@cp...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Guys,
>> >> >
>> >> >     the prefered mime type for excel is: application/vnd.ms-excel
>> >> >
>> >> > Kon
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>>
>>
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