Rails - Feb 2008 - problems with link_to_remote and send_file

Hi everyone,

I working on an app that at some point generates an xls report(charts,
summary lines, etc) and sends it to the user.
If i use link_to everything works fine; however when change to
link_to_remote so i  can make an ajax call it doesn;t seam to work ( i
do not get the save/open dialog box)

def exp_to_excel_2003
@filepath = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/files/Metrics Report.xls"
      send_file(@filepath ,
      :disposition => ''attachment'',
      :filename => "Metrics Reports.xls",
      :encoding => ''utf8'',
      :type => ''application/octet-stream'')
end

Can anyone help?! Any input is appreciated.


Thank you,
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I''m looking for a way to do this as well. The closest example
I''ve found
is this method to play an mp3 file inline with link_to_remote:

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-March/003281.html

Haven''t found a simple solution that does what we''re looking
for though.
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