Just to clarify: as Andreas says you have to use javascript as you need to make two requests in response to one click. So your onclick or bound handler does something like:
1) Submit form data and loads response (the pdf) in new window. If it is not possible to specify a target attribute for a form you're going to have to use a regular GET link with a target=_blank and the data set/encoded in the url paramaters. 2) Change the url of the current window from details url to summary url. On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 13:04 +0100, Richard Hill wrote: > > Ah yes sorry I hadn't considered your requirement to submit form data. > Submitting as a POST complicates things I think. Our web access is down > so I can't check Google but does an html form element take a target > attribute or equivalent? Then I guess the response can be loaded in a > new window. There must be a strategy/pattern for doing this I would have > thought. > > > > > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 12:46 +0100, Jim O'Callaghan wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion Richard. One thing I am having difficulty with > > (I couldn’t see this in your reply) is how to submit the form data required > > to generate the PDF to the server before launching the PDF using > > target="blank". Perhaps I am going about this in a wrong-headed way and > > need to rethink the requirement. I’d welcome any other suggestions if > > anyone has one. I suppose one approach could be to have a submit button > > that POSTs the form data, and then redisplay the same page with the submit > > button hidden and a new actionLink ‘View PDF’ now present but it seems a > > bit clunky. > > > > Regards, > > Jim. > > > > From: Richard Hill [mailto:r...@su3analytics.com] > > Sent: 08 April 2011 12:26 > > To: Tapestry users > > Subject: Re: Popup PDF > > > > > > The simplest way I'm guessing is to have your link that > > generates/returns the pdf to be a target="_blank" as you say. > > > > Then in javascript change the window url from the detail url to the > > summary url. > > > > If adding your own js to an actionlink is tricky you could not use an > > action (or page) link, but do the whole thing in javascript - open a new > > window with the appropriate url for the pdf, and then load the summary > > page in the current window. > > > > Or maybe a mixin would work if you want to add your own js to an action > > or page link? > > > > > > Richard. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 11:56 +0100, Jim O'Callaghan wrote: > > > I have a requirement to generate a PDF based on some submitted form data > > > in > > > a 'detail' page, and then pop up the PDF in a new tab/window while at the > > > same time returning from the 'detail' page to a 'summary' page. I don't > > > want to pollute the summary page with any code related to opening the PDF > > > in > > > a new tab/window. The actual PDF is being generated and I can return that > > > as a stream successfully but I'm trying to find out how to return the > > > summary page in the existing tab/window, and also trigger the PDF opening > > > in > > > another tab/window, as effectively I'm trying to generate two server > > > responses for one server request. Can anyone suggest a good way of going > > > about this? Should I put something in the detail page that triggers an > > > actionLink with target="_blank" before redirecting to the summary page? > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > ________________________________________ > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3558 - Release Date: 04/07/11 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
