Export HTML Table to Excel- Doesn't Open in Office 2010

Question

I am using the following Javascript code to generate an excel on the fly, which converts HTML table to a spreadsheet.

The excel file does not open in Office 2010, sh

Answer 1

I had a similar issue, intranet wise. Grid export to HTML Excel all of a sudden stopped working when user clicked the open. Quick workaround, Save and Open drop down option or just save then open.

My fix was to change content-disposition from attached to inline. Now the users get the old popup center page instead of the one at the bottom and open works just fine.