whatever streams that external file has to set a
content-disposition:attachment header so the browser pops up that box.
-igor
On 8/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I see that DownloadLink can be used to stream a File.
>
> What I want to do is use DownLoadLink to redirect to an external URL
> that should be streamed (i.e. File Save box should pop up).
>
> I can't use ExternalLink as the external URL's location is not pre
> determined,
> also the external URL's location lookup is a costly so I don't want to do
> it unless
> the User clicks on a link.
>
> So in my case I do some thing like
>
> class DownloadUrlLink {
>
> onClick() {
>
> URL externalUrl = getExternalURL(); //this is a costly operation, so I
> don't want to do it unless user clicks the Download link.
> getRequestCycle().setRequestTarget(new RedirectRequestTarget(url.toString
> ()));
>
> }
>
> }
>
> The URL points to a rather large gzipped XML file about 11MB in size.
> But instead of popping up a File Save dialog, the browser starts to
> display the XML file.
> and CPU usage jumps up to 100%, on account of the file being this large.
>
> Is there a way to force the browser to pop up a FileSave dialog when using
> RedirectRequestTarget
>
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