IE unable to open Excel stream

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I want to export a datagrid to Excel. Here is the code:

[after datagrid databind]

Response.Clear( );

Response.Buffer = true;
Response.AddHea der("content-disposition",
"attachment;fil ename=FileName. xls");
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-excel";
Response.Charse t = "";
Response.Cache. SetCacheability (HttpCacheabili ty.NoCache);
System.IO.Strin gWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.Strin gWriter();
System.Web.UI.H tmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new
HtmlTextWriter( stringWrite);
DataGrid1.Rende rControl(htmlWr ite);
Response.Write( stringWrite.ToS tring());
Response.End();

When I open the page with Internet Explorer I get this:

Internet Explorer cannot download [file name] from [server name]
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.

The funny thing: it works with Firefox - no problems at all.
Mime types on IIS are ok.

[Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]]

Re: IE unable to open Excel stream

Uncheck the show friendly error messages to see what the real error is. It
should give you a good enough clue.

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Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

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>I want to export a datagrid to Excel. Here is the code:
>
[after datagrid databind]
>
Response.Clear( );
>
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.AddHea der("content-disposition",
"attachment;fil ename=FileName. xls");
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-excel";
Response.Charse t = "";
Response.Cache. SetCacheability (HttpCacheabili ty.NoCache);
System.IO.Strin gWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.Strin gWriter();
System.Web.UI.H tmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new
HtmlTextWriter( stringWrite);
DataGrid1.Rende rControl(htmlWr ite);
Response.Write( stringWrite.ToS tring());
Response.End();
>
When I open the page with Internet Explorer I get this:
>
Internet Explorer cannot download [file name] from [server name]
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.
>
The funny thing: it works with Firefox - no problems at all.
Mime types on IIS are ok.
>
>