Hello, It's now over a year on and I've come back to this problem in a project that I am working on. I am creating a PDF, and am having issues with Internet Explorer 6. If I use a command link the pdf downloads successfully, but then any subsequent command link I select prompts me to download the file again. I have trawled the web in order to find an answer but am still stumped. As before the download works without an issue in Firefox.
I am now using MyFaces 1.2.0, Tomahawk 1.1.6 and also have Richfaces 3.1.2. I am running on Tomcat 6.0.14. Surely this is a bug in the command link? Here is my commandlink: <t:commandLink value="Download PDF" rendered="#{! maintainPurchaseOrderBean.editPOItemsMode}" actionListener="#{maintainPurchaseOrderBean.downloadPO}" /> Here is my code, I have added the various cache control headers in an attempt to fix the problem but to no avail: public void downloadPO(ActionEvent ev) { _log.debug("Downloading PO"); FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); try { HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) fc.getExternalContext().getRequest(); ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) fc.getExternalContext().getResponse(); StateManager stateManager = (StateManager) fc.getApplication().getStateManager(); _purchaseOrderService.generatePurchaseOrderDownload(baos, _purchaseOrder); response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + _purchaseOrder.getId() + ".pdf\""); response.setContentType("application/pdf"); response.setContentLength(baos.size()); response.setHeader("Expires", "0"); response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache"); response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "max-age=0"); response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache"); baos.writeTo(response.getOutputStream()); response.getOutputStream().flush(); response.getOutputStream().close(); response.flushBuffer(); stateManager.saveSerializedView(fc); fc.responseComplete(); } catch (IOException e) { fc.addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Error downloading PDF", null)); _log.error(e); } } Has anybody got a solution for this issue? I look forward to hearing one! Many thanks, Carl -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/IE-File-download-prompt-with-commandlink-tf4848788.html#a13873162 Sent from the My Faces - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.