This is a similar question as "Save a pdf?" That I don't think was answered.

I use "Run Web Macro" to create a recording to navigate to a certain export options web page. When I press the "Export" Button. IE brings up a Windows File Download Dialog asking "Do you want to open or save this file?". I then have to hit the "Save" button to save this file. But since this is a Windows Forms Dialog it cant be recorded to automate the process.

I have googled trying to disable this dialog, but have not found a solution. If I use FireFox to navigate to the page and hit the "Export" button, the file is saved directly to the default save location without the File Download dialog. (What I want!!!!).

The "Export" button calls a postback that accesses a database to generate a .csv file that I want to save directly to the disk drive.

If you want to reproduce this same problem, follow the following instructions:

Go to Website democlub.clubexpress.com
Press "Login" link upper right.
Enter username: msmith password: hello
Select "Control Panel" Bottom left.
Select "Data Export" Bottom right.
Click "Export" buttom on bottom of page.

Thanks for the help.

Jim Shelton

Hello Jim,

I checked your site and have found no solution to save directly instead of the IE pop-up. The problem: it's default behavior by IE. And based on security MS won't allow developers to bypass this dialog.

Also the code generating the CSV is server side, so there is nothing you can do in the javascript environment to find the direct URL to the temp file on the server.

Tijn