Thank you for the help guys. I got it working.
----- Original Message ---- From: Gabriel Belingueres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:58:43 AM Subject: Re: ServletOutputStream A solution could be this: Store the excel data in session, then in your 'status completed' page add an onload event to its body, redirecting to the real download action: IIRC: <body onload="document.location.href='http://blahblah/myaction.action';"> You can also add a meta in the head: <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://blahblah/myaction.action";> </head> 2008/7/30 Mike Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thank you for the reply. I know my action can only return one response. > However I want to avoid saving my file somewhere on the server and would like > the 'File Download' dialog to appear when the file is ready. How can I do > this in struts 2 while still forwarding to a 'status completed' page? Would > it be possible to store the file data in a session and somehow have the File > Download dialog show up? If so I am not sure how to do that. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gabriel Belingueres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:59:29 AM > Subject: Re: ServletOutputStream > > Your action can not generate two responses (if that's what you asking). > If you forward to a 'status completed' page, then you need to save > your excel data somewhere to not loosing it. > > 2008/7/29 Mike Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I created a small webapp that extracts data from a DB, creates an Excel file >> from that data (using Apache POI), which then streams the file to the end >> user's browser. Everything is working fine, however I have to set the >> Action class' return type to 'NULL' since I am setting the servlet response >> type to 'application/vnd-ms-excel'. I want to change my application so that >> it returns to a 'status completed' page when the extraction is completed. >> However I cannot do this when I set the return type is null. How can I do >> this? >> >> Here is my code... >> >> public class ExtractAction extends ActionSupport { >> public String execute() throws Exception { >> HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(); >> HSSFSheet prodSheet = wb.createSheet("PROD"); >> HSSFSheet devSheet = wb.createSheet("DEV"); >> HSSFSheet testSheet = wb.createSheet("TEST"); >> ... >> HttpServletResponse response = ServletActionContext.getResponse(); >> response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); >> ServletOutputStream outstream = response.getOutputStream(); >> wb.write(outstream); >> outstream.flush(); >> response.flushBuffer(); >> } >> return null; >> //return SUCCESS >> } >> >> and my struts.xml >> >> <struts> >> >> <constant name="struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation" value="false" /> >> <constant name="struts.devMode" value="false" /> >> >> <package name="default" extends="struts-default"> >> <action name="Extractor" class="action.ExtractAction"> >> <result name="success">/example/index.jsp</result> >> </action> >> </package> >> >> </struts> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
