On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Renzo Tomaselli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > usually I include tr:fileDownloadActionListener from a link - no problems. > Now I would use it from a menu action (jscookmenu, used as a context-menu). > I know about the long way: > > 1. select a blob to download from the menu action. > 2. render tr:fileDownloadActionListener inside a hidden button (using PPR). > 3. include a js chunk to click that button immediately upon rendering. > 4. service the download method while processing that click (PPR again).
file downloads must be processed with an ordinary request (not XMLHttp AJAX requests). -M > > This sequence simulates the placement of a button on the fly, and its > immediate clicking to enable blob downloading. > Now I wonder if I can shortcut steps 2-4, avoiding the client roundtrip in > step 3 which doesn't provide any UI visible effect. > I known I might render an object/iframe - thus doing it manually - but I > would like to avoid it if possible. > Thanks for any suggestion, > > -- Renzo Tomaselli > > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
