https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1039943 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/link-help-needed#comment-1225580 <p>To get the .txt file to open the "Save/Open" dialog, you need to change the MIME type for .txt files to Content-Type: application/octet-stream. How you do this depends very much on the host site setup. If you have a control panel, you can probably set it from there. Look for something like "Manage MIME types".</p> <p>With respect to the "Open" action, you have no control at all over this. The action depends on the visitor's browser settings, as well as what software is installed. For example, I will be unable to open your .xls file in Excel because I do not have Excel installed on my computer.</p> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:10:25 +0000 webwiz comment 1225580 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/webmasters-corner/link-help-needed#comment-1225525 <blockquote class="bb-quote-body"><p><strong>247sitealert wrote:</strong> 2. the .xls popsup a open/sav dialog - I click on open and it opens in a browser window.</p></blockquote> <p>Doesn't it open in a browser window, using Excel? A Web browser can't open an .xls file by itself. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/smile.png" title="Smiling" alt="Smiling" class="smiley-content" /></p> <p>Am presuming what you need is for the file to open outside of the Web browser? Haven't got a clue how to do this offhand, it should be an option in the Web browser somewhere. If you can't find it, and really hate that behaviour, you could just switch browser. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/smile.png" title="Smiling" alt="Smiling" class="smiley-content" /></p> Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:54:12 +0000 JeevesBond comment 1225525 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net