I read the documentation i could find but after I enabled the views bonus pack to export csv files and went to views to set it up, I couldn't find anything that related the views bonus pack in my views administration.

I read this:
These plugins will only appear on your views administration page, in the
'type' dropdown of the page and block sections.

But I'm not seeing that at all. I found the "type" area but I did not see anything remotely connected to CSV exporting. Could someone please explain?

I am using Drupal 6.9 and views 2

Becky

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I think you where reading the 5.x documentation which is drastically different from 6.x. Try reading the new README.txt I've recently committed and see if it helps.

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beckyjohnson commented

Thank you, that worked.

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StuartMiller commented

Followed the new readme file which helps but stops short of explaining exactly how the csv file is generated in the chosen path. What is the trigger once you've created the feed and assigned a path?

Also, do i just need to specify a folder in the path or a filename too?

Many thanks in advance ;-)

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I'm not sure I understand the last question. Its rendered like any other view. There are options in the Views UI for settings like file name and the folder would be the path.

It almost sounds like you are expecting this to be a file written on your server but that's not the case. Its just data served to your browser and your browser is suggested that it should download the data as a file.

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StuartMiller commented

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was expecting a file! :-O

When I "preview" the View as a csv output it's just what I want. However, I cannot for the life of me work out how to generate the full csv in a browser page.

If you could step by step it for me i'd be very grateful because I feel like i'm 95% of the way there!

Sorry!

*Update!* It's finally kicked in and working now (for reasons I can't fathom!)

Thanks for the support.

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Status: Active » Closed (fixed)