Forum OpenACS Development: Creating a .CSV file with OpenACS

Hi Juan

well, it sounds like you want both the list displayed on screen, and the CSV file downloaded, is that right? You could have a form where the user chooses the format they want (list or CSV). Then in your list do something like this:

set selected_format "normal"
if {$parameter_csv == 1} {
  set selected_format "csv"
  set groupby ""  
} 

(Setting groupby to empty string fixed some problems for me, you might not need it).

Then in your list itself, do something like this

template::list::create \
  -name $list_name \
  -multirow tickets \
  -numeric_type "Integer" \
  -caption "[_ aims-client.FinSummaryListCaption]" \
  -no_data "[_ aims-client.FinSummaryNoneAvailable]" \
  -elements $elements_list \
  -pass_properties {locale } \
  -selected_format $selected_format \
  -formats {
              csv { output csv }
            } \
  -orderby $orderby_list \
  -groupby $groupby_list \
  -filters $filter

Finally after you've created your list and multitrow, you just need to call this:

if {$parameter_csv == 1} {
  template::list::write_output -name $list_name
}