[mod_python] ReportLab integration

Could you post just the headers as they appear in WebScarab?

-Colin

On 10/16/06, Jim Steil <jim at qlf.com> wrote:
> I installed WebScarab and tested it and it all looks perfect.  I set the
> headers as you recommended, but still, IE won't display the content and
> Firefox won't give me the name of the file I've put in the filename header
> variable.  I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to go next.
>
>         -Jim
>
> Jim Steil
> IT Manager
> Quality Liquid Feeds
> (608) 935-2345
> (608) 341-9896 cell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Bean [mailto:ccbean at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:44 PM
> To: Jim Steil
> Cc: mod_python at modpython.org
> Subject: Re: [mod_python] ReportLab integration
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> So you're just getting a blank page in IE when you try to access your
> pdf?  One case is that the content is actually being sent to IE, and
> IE isn't displaying to properly, another is the content isn't being
> sent correctly / completely.  I'm guessing it's the first, since
> there's not much that's browser-dependent in your code, but you might
> want to check this.  In the past, I"ve used a lightweight http proxy
> (pick your flavor -- webscarab worked well for me) between browser and
> server, to make sure that the complete content is actually being sent
> to the browser.
>
> So, assuming the pdf content is actually being send but IE won't display it:
> Just realized that the microsoft KB article never mentions this
> (sorry), but if you change "content-disposition: attachment..." to
> "content-disposition: inline...", it will set the filename / type for
> inline display like you're looking for.
>
> Here's another snippet that talks about handling pdf content (it's for
> java, but mainly deals with headers / filename stuff):
> http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0404.html
>
> hth,
> Colin
>
>
>
> On 10/16/06, Jim Steil <jim at qlf.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It runs my script, but doesn't go anywhere when it is done.  The code
> looks
> > like this:
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> > # Create the document.
> >
> > reportPeriod = 'Report for the Month of %s %s' % (months[reportMonth],
> > reportYear)
> >
> > output = StringIO.StringIO()
> >
> > doc = SimpleDocTemplate(output, pagesize=landscape(letter))
> >
> > doc.m = reportPeriod
> >
> > go(doc, reportMonth, reportYear)
> >
> > # Return the rendered page content.
> >
> > content = output.getvalue()
> >
> >
> >
> > req.content_type = "application/pdf"
> >
> > req.headers_out['Content-Length'] = str(len(content))
> >
> >
> >
> > # Internet Explorer chokes on this with PDFs.
> >
> > #req.headers_out['Pragma'] = 'no-cache'
> >
> > #req.headers_out['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache'
> >
> > #req.headers_out['Expires'] = '-1'
> >
> >
> >
> > req.send_http_header()
> >
> > req.write(content)
> >
> > return apache.OK
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This works fine in Firefox, but doesn't do anything in IE.  The comment in
> > the code about Internet Explorer choking was there in Grahams example.
> >
> >
> >
> > I looked at the link you provided, but it seems to speak about doing a
> Save
> > As when you display the content.  That is not what I'm trying to
> accomplish.
> >  I want the pdf to come back to the screen, but have it come back with a
> > name.
> >
> >
> >
> >       -Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Steil
> >
> > IT Manager
> >
> > Quality Liquid Feeds
> >
> > (608) 935-2345
> >
> > (608) 341-9896 cell
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >  From: Colin Bean [mailto:ccbean at gmail.com]
> >  Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:05 PM
> >  To: Jim Steil
> >  Cc: mod_python at modpython.org
> >  Subject: Re: [mod_python] ReportLab integration
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> >
> >
> > How does it break in IE?  If it it won't recognize the result is a
> >
> > pdf, try setting the content-disposition header.  You can use this to
> >
> > specify a filename that browser will save your file as; if you give it
> >
> > a .pdf extension then IE should open it fine.  Here's a little more
> >
> > info on it:
> >
>