[mod_python] ReportLab integration

It runs my script, but doesn't go anywhere when it is done.  The code looks
like this:
 
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# Create the document.
reportPeriod = 'Report for the Month of %s %s' % (months[reportMonth],
reportYear)
output = StringIO.StringIO()
doc = SimpleDocTemplate(output, pagesize=landscape(letter))
doc.m = reportPeriod
go(doc, reportMonth, reportYear)
# Return the rendered page content.
content = output.getvalue()
 
req.content_type = "application/pdf"
req.headers_out['Content-Length'] = str(len(content))
 
# Internet Explorer chokes on this with PDFs.
#req.headers_out['Pragma'] = 'no-cache' 
#req.headers_out['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache' 
#req.headers_out['Expires'] = '-1' 
 
req.send_http_header()
req.write(content)
return apache.OK
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This works fine in Firefox, but doesn't do anything in IE.  The comment in
the code about Internet Explorer choking was there in Grahams example. 
 
I looked at the link you provided, but it seems to speak about doing a Save
As when you display the content.  That is not what I'm trying to accomplish.
I want the pdf to come back to the screen, but have it come back with a
name.
 
      -Jim
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Bean [mailto:ccbean at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:05 PM
To: Jim Steil
Cc: mod_python at modpython.org
Subject: Re: [mod_python] ReportLab integration
 
Hi Jim,
 
How does it break in IE?  If it it won't recognize the result is a
pdf, try setting the content-disposition header.  You can use this to
specify a filename that browser will save your file as; if you give it
a .pdf extension then IE should open it fine.  Here's a little more
info on it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260519
 
I *think* that changing your handler to use a .pdf extension will do
the same thing (I haven't used publisher yet so I'm not sure how to do
this); the content disposition trick might be easier, though.
 
-Colin
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