First, thanks for your answer.
I already read the thread [3] but adding that headers didn't worked  
for me (my backend is in PHP).
Is it mandatory on the qooxdoo side to have a GET request or can I  
also use POST request ?

On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:42 , Helder Magalhães wrote:

>
> Hi Jean,
>
>
> Jean-Baptiste BRIAUD -- Novlog wrote:
>>
>> I make my backend to answer to an URL like http://blablabla/ 
>> export.txt
>> but I can't find a way to avoid the most of the time desired AJAX
>> behavior.
>> For that time only, I want the request to behave like a simple hyper
>> link and to allow end user to download a txt file.
>>
>> Any idea ?
>>
>
> Yes, but I guess you are mixing things up a bit.
>
> This is more a server configuration thing than a client-side  
> implementation
> idea. Please take a look at the "Content-Disposition" HTTP header  
> [1] for
> more information. You can also find lots of documentation depending  
> on your
> server back-end (for example, for PHP [2]). I guess you'll want to do
> something as:
>
>  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filename.ext";
>
> Regarding using this in qooxdoo, a tightly related thread [3]  
> suggests using
> an iFrame for that: this way, you can even trigger the download by  
> using a
> button or an event. ;-)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Helder Magalhães
>
>
> [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2183.txt
> [2] http://pt2.php.net/header
> [3] http://www.nabble.com/Download-Button-td21977617.html
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