Not able to open excel file in new window any one plese help me as early

Question

Hi all,
I have a imag tag in jsp on click on the image i am submitting the form
1. i have used the below code
HSSFWorkbook wb=viewHelper.getExcel();
response.reset();
ServletOutputStream outs = response.getOutputStream();
     response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
     response.addHeader("Pragma", "No-cache");
     response.addHeader("Cache-control", "no-cache");
     response.addDateHeader("Expires",1 );
     wb.write(outs);
     outs.flush();
     outs.close();
     return;
2. I got one dialog box to open ,save,cancel . if i try to open it is openeing in the same window i had made the request. i need it to ask for in which type of application to open. i.e, in excel , notepad,.....
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Answer 1

I had a similar porblem....
I got some help from...http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2006/jw-1019-xmlexcel.html?page=1...
This is my code in servlet...
HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
HSSFSheet spreadSheet = wb.createSheet("Users");
spreadSheet.setColumnWidth((short) 0, (short) (256 * 25));
spreadSheet.setColumnWidth((short) 1, (short) (256 * 25));
// Creating Rows
HSSFRow row = spreadSheet.createRow(0);
HSSFCell cell = row.createCell((short) 1);
cell.setCellValue("Year 2005");
cell = row.createCell((short) 2);
cell.setCellValue("Year 2004");
HSSFRow row1 = spreadSheet.createRow(1);
HSSFCellStyle cellStyle = wb.createCellStyle();
cellStyle.setBorderRight(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderTop(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderLeft(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderBottom(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cell = row1.createCell((short) 0);
cell.setCellValue("Revenue ($)");
cell = row1.createCell((short) 1);
cell.setCellValue("25656");
cell = row1.createCell((short) 2);
cell.setCellValue("15457");
FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(new File("/tmp/Users.xls"));
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=Users.xls");
ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
wb.write(output);
output.flush();
output.close();
forward = null;
In firefox i get the download dialog box but not able to open in from there,i need to save it and then open. In IE i dont get the dialog box instead the excell open inside the browser......Please help me to open a excel sheet onclick on a link "Export to excel" in jsp......
Thanks in advance...