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cputnam14
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January 21, 2009
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cfmail attachments not working

  • January 21, 2009
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So I have a web page that...
1 Generates an excel file.
2 Saves the excel file to my webserver.
3 Sends an email with the excel file attached.

If the user opens the email via desktop outlook the attached excel file will open and display just fine. If the user opens the email via web outlook the attachment won't open. I have no idea if this is a coldfusion problem our an outlook problem. Does anyone have any idea's what would cause this to happen?

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    Fetch
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    January 26, 2009
    When I attempt to open this file via Exchange I get the following error:

    "The file you are trying to open, "<FILENAME>", is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?"

    If I click YES then the file does open, but the error does suggest that it's not saving in a proper .xls format.

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    Fetch
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    January 24, 2009
    I didn't goto the office today so I've not tested this yet; will on Monday though!
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    cputnam14Author
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    January 24, 2009
    No problem...thanks for the help
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    Dan_Bracuk
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    January 21, 2009
    How exactly does your webpage generate the excel file?
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    cputnam14Author
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    January 21, 2009
    I create it with the cfsavecontent tag.
    Then I use the cffile to write the file to my server
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    Fetch
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    January 21, 2009
    Maybe security settings in Web Outlook? Does it happen with more than one Web Outlook instance, and what error do they get? Can you send me a file generated in this fashion to test with? My email addy is jamie@hostmysite.com.
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