Opening excel files from the internet opens a blank excel window

Question

A method in dumping a GridView to an Excel file to download/open from the internet was recently broken with new Windows Updates.

My code dumps from a GridView to an

Answer 1

Try doing following:

Replace "attachment" from

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","attachment;filename=GridViewExport.xls")

with "inline"

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","inline;filename=GridViewExport.xls")

It may help!

Content-Disposition:What are the differences between "inline" and "attachment"?