Export to Excel not working when deployed

Question

This is the code I used to create a data table with export functionality.

oTable = $(\"#tblSearch\").DataTable({
    \"jQueryUI\": true,
    \"sPaginationType\"         


        

Answer 1

Change the sSwfPath to an absolute path.

"tableTools": {
    "sSwfPath": "http://cdn.datatables.net/tabletools/2.2.3/swf/copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf",
    "aButtons": ["xls"]
}

here using the dataTables CDN. The problem is, that the relative path messes up when you deploy to your IIS or whatever windows platform you are using. This is a very common problem.