Thanks Jim, I'm going to give that a try and see if I can get it to work. -Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Schueler [mailto:jschue...@eloquency.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:28 PM To: Chris Faust Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: RE: Download then display page Yes, that's what I have in mind. I only occassionally write headers. But I envision something similar to what you've got below: $redirect = ... ; ## URL to the spreadsheet $r->content_type('text/html') ; $r->headers_out->set( Location => $redirect ) ; $r->send_http_header ; $r->print( $content->output ) ; return Apache2::Const::REDIRECT ; Originally, I wondered about using a "multipart/mixed" response type. I've never heard that any browser supports such a thing. Although that seems like a more elegant solution. -Jim On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Chris Faust wrote: >>> But the response should be a redirect to a URL that returns the > spreadsheet instead of a 200 OK. I believe that the body of the > original response will be displayed until the redirect succeeds. > > I'm not sure what I follow you, something like this? > > $r->content_type('text/html'); > print $content->output; > $r->headers_out->set(Location => $redirect); return > Apache2::Const::REDIRECT; > > And the $redirect URL would then do the sending of the file itself? > > Thanks! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Schueler [mailto:jschue...@eloquency.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:53 PM > To: Chris Faust > Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org > Subject: Re: Download then display page > > I believe the following will work (never tried it though): > > The request should return a 'text/html' type document that displays > the instructions. But the response should be a redirect to a URL that > returns the spreadsheet instead of a 200 OK. I believe that the body > of the original response will be displayed until the redirect succeeds. > > In the old days, we performed this trick by using meta tag equivalents > of the response headers. And I expect browsers will respond to actual > HTTP headers the same way. I say "the old days" because for last 18 > years, I've relied on javascript. But there may be reasons for not > wanting a different type solution. > > -Jim > > > > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Chris Faust wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm trying to have a form submission package up the results in a xls >> file and then start the download for the user as well as present a >> page where they can click on the file if the download has not already >> automatically started. >> >> >> >> I can do each separately but not both together, I have something like > this: >> >> >> >> ... Make up our xls file download and put it in $output >> >> >> >> $r->content_type('application/xls'); >> >> $r->err_headers_out->add('Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename="' > . >> $download_name . '"'); >> >> $r->print($output); >> >> $content->param('set some html template vars....'); >> >> $r->content_type('text/html'); >> >> print $content->output; >> >> >> >> When I due the above, then I get prompted for the download but that >> is it, I never get the page. Even if I reverse the order and try to >> do the page >> first: >> >> >> >> $r->content_type('text/html'); >> >> print $content->output; >> >> $r->content_type('application/xls'); >> >> $r->err_headers_out->add('Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename="' > . >> $download_name . '"'); >> >> $r->print($output); >> >> $content->param('set some html template vars....'); >> >> >> >> That still doesn't work. Probably not a mod_perl specific question >> but I'm hoping someone can shed some light >> >> >> >> TIA! >> >> -Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
