Yep I have the same problem and get the same error. But funny enough, my app
works perfectly with Flash Player 9, but fails with Flash Player 10 throwing
"Error: Error #2176: Certain actions, such as those that display a pop-up
window, may only be invoked upon user interaction, for example by a mouse
click or button press."
-Mika
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:51 PM, valdhor <valdhorli...@embarqmail.com>wrote:
> Once you create the zip file you need to return the correct headers to
> the browser so that the browser will pop up the dialog box asking the
> user what to do.
>
> I don't use Java - I use PHP. When the user clicks a button in Flex I
> create a new URLRequest and then navigateToURL. The PHP script creates
> the file and when done sends the following headers:
>
> Header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
> Header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=zipTest.zip");
>
> The script then streams the file to the browser. The headers sent back
> to the browser cause the browser to pop up the save file window just
> as if the user clicked a file link on an HTML page.
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "oneworld95" <oneworl...@...> wrote:
> >
> > I've run into an interesting situation with Flex: I've got a Java
> > servlet that will generate a Zip file when the user clicks a button in
> > Flex. But the file download dialog after the server action requires
> > the user to click a button. It throws this error:
> >
> > Error: Error #2176: Certain actions, such as those that display a
> > pop-up window, may only be invoked upon user interaction, for example
> > by a mouse click or button press.
> >
> > So how do you handle these situations? After the server responds
> > successfully, do you display a second button to do the actual Flex
> > file download?
> >
> > - Alex
> >
>
>
>
