Yeah, with a little looking, and also another recent post here, you can't start a download with JavaScript so you'll have to do something else. Either just redirect the user to a download page that'll generate the CSV or else look into using something like this --> http://johnculviner.com/jquery-file-download-plugin-for-ajax-like-feature-rich-file-downloads/ I haven't tried that but it looks interesting.
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 11:04:57 PM UTC-5, DenesL wrote: > > > Yes, the content is properly set but it is returned as the component > content instead of a separate file, which is what should happen IMHO. > What I need is some way to "cancel" the LOAD so the file is returned > instead and the component is not updated, because otherwise it would become > empty. > > So far the best solution seems to be to create the file and set a link to > download it as part of the LOAD return, a two step process for the export > scenario. > I was just hoping someone had a better idea. > > Thanks, > Denes > > > > On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 8:38:37 PM UTC-4, Brian M wrote: >> >> Have you tried setting the appropriate content type header before >> returning? I've not done it inside a LOAD before but know that setting the >> content type will normally get the browser to download & save a CSV file >> rather than just display it. >> >> Brian >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
