Re: Returning binary data through portlet
Dan Moore wrote: Hi Alan, I can't imagine that you can actually do this, because once the portal begins rendering text (which would happen before your portlet was rendered), you can't change it to render binary data. Any chance you can have a link to a servlet with a target of _blank which pops up in a new window and sends the binary data? (I outlined how I did this in a slightly different circumstance here: http://www.mooreds.com/weblog/archives/18.html) Or, you could just link to that JSP. Dan --- Alan Chiang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Wondering if anyone knows how to get a portlet to return binary data, or get Jetspeed to return binary data. I have a JSP that reads files for download, coupled with the JSP portlet, but any data returned seems to be intercepted and interpreted as text and is dumped to the portlet window. Recommend using the portlet pipeline -- David Sean Taylor Bluesunrise Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] [office] +01 707 773-4646 [mobile] +01 707 529 9194 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Returning binary data through portlet
Hi Alan, I can't imagine that you can actually do this, because once the portal begins rendering text (which would happen before your portlet was rendered), you can't change it to render binary data. Any chance you can have a link to a servlet with a target of _blank which pops up in a new window and sends the binary data? (I outlined how I did this in a slightly different circumstance here: http://www.mooreds.com/weblog/archives/18.html) Or, you could just link to that JSP. Dan --- Alan Chiang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Wondering if anyone knows how to get a portlet to return binary data, or get Jetspeed to return binary data. I have a JSP that reads files for download, coupled with the JSP portlet, but any data returned seems to be intercepted and interpreted as text and is dumped to the portlet window. All the response headers have been correctly set and this JSP works outside of the portlet; so either the response headers are being swallowed, or the data is being converted. Any quick and dirty way to get files to download through portlets? Thanks -- Calling Canadian beef unsafe is like calling your twin sister ugly ~ Mark Dopp - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Returning binary data through portlet
Hi all, Wondering if anyone knows how to get a portlet to return binary data, or get Jetspeed to return binary data. I have a JSP that reads files for download, coupled with the JSP portlet, but any data returned seems to be intercepted and interpreted as text and is dumped to the portlet window. All the response headers have been correctly set and this JSP works outside of the portlet; so either the response headers are being swallowed, or the data is being converted. Any quick and dirty way to get files to download through portlets? Thanks -- Calling Canadian beef unsafe is like calling your twin sister ugly ~ Mark Dopp - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
