Hello Arvid, thanks for the tips - now it works just the way I want it.
Best regards, Stefan. Arvid Hülsebus schrieb: > There is a related example in the demo: > > http://tobago.atanion.net/tobago-example-demo/faces/best-practice/non-faces-response.jsp > > > http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/tobago-example/tobago-example-demo/xref/org/apache/myfaces/tobago/example/demo/bestpractice/BestPracticeController.html#46 > > > Regards, > Arvid > > Arvid Hülsebus wrote: >> Hello, >> >> IMO you currently cannot produce 2 different results. Therefore you >> will have to disable the transition effect for the command like this: >> >> <tc:button label="Export" action="#{controller.export}" >> transition="false"/> >> >> If you are setting a target attribute like "_blank" the transition is >> disabled automatically. >> >> Regarding the content disposition. In the past I had some problems >> with this, too. I have to check how I solved it back then. Looking at >> the RFC I see there is a parameter name missing. Perhaps the >> following works:: >> >> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=workbook.xls >> >> Regards, >> Arvid >> >> Stefan Hedtfeld wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm using tobago 1.0.10 release on JBoss 4.0.5. >>> >>> I just implemented an excel export as it is shown in the examples. The >>> output is generated correctly, a file safe dialog is shown (in >>> firefox 2 >>> on a linux box) and the file is saved. But the UI stays in the >>> "blocked" >>> state (the running squares). Is there a way to redisplay the page the >>> user came from? >>> >>> Code from my controller: >>> >>> public String export() { >>> String attachmentName = "workbook.xls"; >>> LOG.info("export called, generating " + attachmentName); >>> FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); >>> Object response = context.getExternalContext().getResponse(); >>> if (response instanceof HttpServletResponse) { >>> HttpServletResponse servletResponse = (HttpServletResponse) >>> response; >>> servletResponse.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); >>> servletResponse.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; " + >>> attachmentName); >>> List<Entry> list = dataService.getData(); >>> workbookService.export(list, servletResponse.getOutputStream()); >>> } >>> context.responseComplete(); >>> return null; >>> } >>> >>> The method is called as an action from a <tc:button>. >>> >>> BTW: do you know a way to get the attachment name (variable >>> attachmentName) as the suggested name in the file save dialog? Firefox >>> suggests the jsp filename (which is editor.jsp in my case), I'd prefer >>> "workook.xls". >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Stefan. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
