there isnt really a Wicket way that is preferred as this has nothing to do with wicket.
you can do it either way: ajax polling or the file system. or combine both, ajax poll to see if the file has been written to the file system and then provide a download link. -igor On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Vries de, Robbert R (NSC) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > I think the title says it all. > > The idea is that the resource is created on request, using a > ResourceReference and ResourceLink. > Creating it takes too long (It's a huge Excel sheet) so at some point > the client (or some upstream server) times out the connection. > > How can I fix this? Is it possible to have a background thread build the > excel sheet and have the client page poll (using Ajax) for the finished > version? > Or is the only solid solution to render the resource to the filesystem? > And provide a user with a link to the generated file? > > What's the Wicket way? > > Cheers, > Robbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
