Not sure what is wrong, but for a possible work-around, have you tried making the target for the form (or link) a new window?
Daniel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Hodges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 August 2004 17:17 > To: Struts Users Mailing List (E-mail) > Subject: Question about downloading files from a Struts servlet > > > I have a Struts form and action that downloads a file to the client. The > servlet code looks like this: > > response.reset(); > AdminSetupForm setupForm = (AdminSetupForm) form; > response.setContentType("application/download"); // also tried > "application/octet-stream", "junk/xml", etc. > response.addHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; > filename=setup.xml"); // also tried other file names and > attachment with no > file name > ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); > String exportFile = <generate file contents as a string here> > response.setContentLength(exportFile.length()); > out.write(exportFile.getBytes()); > out.flush(); > out.close(); > > This downloads the file properly, but on IE 6.x it corrupts the > DOM Document > on the browser. The form is submitted from JavaScript and all of the > buttons on the form invoke JavaScript functions. After > downloading the file > on IE 6.x, any attempt by JavaScript to reference the "document" object > causes an "Unspecified Error". Inspecting the JavaScript > environment with a > script debugger shows that "document" is no longer an object. > > I can't find anyone else having this problem, and I've tried many > different > ways to solve it. If anyone has experience with this, please let me know > what you did. > > Thanks, > Eric Hodges > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
