Use a ByteArrayOutputStream to write the result to a byte array, and then use the following method in your backing bean to send it to the browser, and that's it:
(Adapted from the MyFaces Wiki http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Sending_Files ) public void sentFileToBrowser(FacesContext aContext, String aFileName, byte[] aContent, boolean aAttachment) { try { HttpServletResponse theResponse = (HttpServletResponse) aContext.getExternalContext().getResponse(); MimeTypeGuesser theMimeTypeGuesser = MimeTypeGuesser.getInstance(); String theContentType = theMimeTypeGuesser.guessMimeTypeFromFileName(aFileName); LOGGER.logDebug("Content type is " + theContentType); String theContentDisposition = aAttachment ? "attachment" : "inline"; int contentLength = aContent.length; LOGGER.logDebug("Content length is " + contentLength); theResponse.setContentType(theContentType); theResponse.setContentLength(contentLength); theResponse.setHeader("Content-disposition", theContentDisposition + "; filename=\"" + aFileName + "\""); // SSL!!! IE is HELL theResponse.setHeader("Pragma", "private"); OutputStream theOutput = theResponse.getOutputStream(); theOutput.write(aContent); theOutput.close(); aContext.responseComplete(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new FacesException("Error sending file", e); } } Regards Mirko Von: daniel ccss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. März 2008 16:02 An: MyFaces Discussion Betreff: Re: PDF+JSF question Thanks for the answer, but I think this is not what I need. What i need is a way to join 2 or more reports in one pdf file, like is done in struts, with JSF: PdfReader reader1 = new PdfReader(bytes); PdfReader reader2 = new PdfReader(bytes2); PdfCopyFields copy = new PdfCopyFields(new FileOutputStream( context.getRealPath("/reports/report1 " + name + ".pdf"))); copy.addDocument(reader1); copy.addDocument(reader2); copy.close(); Someone has the code to do this but in JSF?? Thanks!!! On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Sertic Mirko, Bedag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi If you want to send a text as a download file to the browser, so something like this. You can also Send a binary file the same way by modifying this method a little bit : public void sentFileToBrowser(FacesContext aContext, String aFileName, String aContent, boolean aAttachment) { try { HttpServletResponse theResponse = (HttpServletResponse) aContext.getExternalContext().getResponse(); theResponse.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8"); MimeTypeGuesser theMimeTypeGuesser = MimeTypeGuesser.getInstance(); String theContentType = theMimeTypeGuesser.guessMimeTypeFromFileName(aFileName); LOGGER.logDebug("Content type is " + theContentType); String theContentDisposition = aAttachment ? "attachment" : "inline"; theResponse.setContentType(theContentType); theResponse.setHeader("Content-disposition", theContentDisposition + "; filename=\"" + aFileName + "\""); // Make sure it is running with SSL smooth..... theResponse.setHeader("Pragma", "private"); PrintWriter theWriter = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(theResponse.getOutputStream(), "UTF-8")); theWriter.print(aContent); theWriter.flush(); theWriter.close(); aContext.responseComplete(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new FacesException("Error sending file", e); } } Regards Mirko Von: daniel ccss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. März 2008 20:20 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: PDF+JSF question Anybody?? On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:05 AM, daniel ccss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In Struts I do this for join 2 jasperreport pdfs: PdfReader reader1 = new PdfReader(bytes); PdfReader reader2 = new PdfReader(bytes2); PdfCopyFields copy = new PdfCopyFields(new FileOutputStream( context.getRealPath("/reportes/Calificación de Derechos por Beneficio Familiar - Resolución Nº " + beneficioForm.getNumeroResolucionBeneficio() + ".pdf"))); copy.addDocument(reader1); copy.addDocument(reader2); copy.close(); How can I do this en JSF?? Someone told me that use PdfCopyFields Have you tried passing the OutputStream from the response to the PdfCopyFields instead of a FileOutputStream? Can anyone give me an example of this? Thanks!!
