Exporting a HTML table to Excel. User has to be able to choose name for the file

Question

Im exporting a html table to excel and its works fine, but I want the user to be able to choose name for the file they are downloading.

Here is how I export it:

 function exportToExcel() {
 window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' +
 encodeURIComponent($('#exportToExcelDiv').html()));
 e.preventDefault();
 }

And here is the link that uses that function:

<a href="#" title="Save"><img src="../../Images/glyphicons_446_floppy_save.png"
 alt="save" onclick="exportToExcel()"></a>

Is there a way to do this? Its okay not to use javascript. (I'm doing a webapplication in MVC4).

Answer 1

When sending the file to the browser, add a Content-Disposition header. In there, you can specify the file name.

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