I still couldn't get it working in IE. I use weblogic
as the webserver... Do I have to do anything specific
to weblogic?
Thanks
John
--- Arron Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh, what a world of pain.
> IE in this regard is a pile of *@!# and NS is the
> absolute honey :)
>
> This is off-struts, but I know the pain you go
> through to get IE going
> properly.
>
> Here's what I had to do to get it running
> reliably...
>
>
> // START CODE --==>>
>
> // set the response type
> response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> // set the content details
> response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;
> filename=ConfirmationLetter.pdf; ");
>
> // creating a temporary output stream
> ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new
> ByteArrayOutputStream();
>
> // this class takes teh xml document and runs it
> through the FOP process
> // and pumps it into the output stream created.
> OnlineSalesPDFGenerator pdf = new
> OnlineSalesPDFGenerator(xmlDoc);
> pdf.run(form,request,bout);
>
> byte[] content = bout.toByteArray();
>
> // set the exact content length from our temp output
> stream
> response.setContentLength(content.length);
>
> // write the content
> response.getOutputStream().write(content);
>
> // flush the stream
> response.getOutputStream().flush();
>
> // <<==-- END CODE
>
>
> I went through a lot of pain to get all the
> alternatives people were
> doing to get this. Important parts are...
> a) The response type.
> b) The Content-Disposition details. This sets
> filenames and stuff for
> the file saving dialog boxes etc.
> c) Setting the exact content length. Made possible
> by writing to the
> ByteArrayOutputStream and getting its resulting
> size.
>
> And if you're pessimistic (most likely you are by
> now :), make sure you
> flush and close the output stream, and you can also
> throw in what Gregor
> says below with your URL. After the above though,
> you shouldn't have any
> problems.
>
> Hopefully this will get you where you need to be.
>
>
> Arron.
>
>
> Gregor Rayman wrote:
>
> >"John Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi, The following is a piece of the code that I
> write
> >>in the perform method of an ActionForm to generate
> the
> >>PDF. However, it works fine in netscape, but NOT
> IE.
> >>Can someone help me with this?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>John
> >>
> >
> >Try adding "?.pdf" to the url.
> >
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