if an "address" (response following a request) sends a file as an attachment, there's no way to "inject" any other behaviour (like a redirect) because the response will effectively end with the last byte of the attachment. I think the only possible way is open an iframe with the src pointing to the "download" stream.
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:51:21 PM UTC+1, Jim S wrote: > > I'm looking for a way to return an Excel sheet to the user and then > redirect to a different page all in the same request. > > Here is what I'm doing now: > > from reports import movementDetail as rpt > letters_file = StringIO.StringIO() > returnVal = rpt.process(originationId, fromDate, toDate, letters_file,auth > .user.id) > if returnVal: > excelFile = letters_file.getvalue() > letters_file.close() > response.headers['Content-Type']='application/vnd.ms-excel' > return(excelFile) > else: > response.flash = 'No movements for specific origin in date range.' > return dict(form=form) > > When I do the return(excelFile) I somehow would like to pass a URL that it > would redirect to when the excel sheet is returned. Any ideas? I'm > guessing there is something simple I'm missing. > > -Jim > --
