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How to direct struts action forwards to a new window where a PDF will display?

 
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Hello,
I have the following class that handles the TAB navigation called "bol", I want the navigation to forward to a new window upon clicking the Print Button, I have the Print routine coded up but the Navigation is the big ISSUE here. How can i navigate to a new window where the PDF will be displayed?
This class displays the TAB driven mechanism but the button click will not navigate to a new session(screen) for me. Any ideas are appreciated.
thanks,
Srini
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public class MaintBolDetailAction extends FAKTabBaseAction {

public ActionForward doInit(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {

HttpSession session = request.getSession();
String currentAction = null; // 10/22/2012 2545 dbh

//Get the shipment details for the BOL tab
String shipmentId = null;
shipmentId = session.getAttribute("FAK_SHIPMENT_ID").toString();
SiFakShipmentMaintBolTabForm bolDetailForm = (SiFakShipmentMaintBolTabForm) session.getAttribute("SHIPMENT_BOL_DETAIL");
// if (bolDetailForm == null) { 10/24/2012 2545 dbh - Always get fresh data
bolDetailForm = new SiFakShipmentMaintBolTabForm();
bolDetailForm.setShipmentId(shipmentId);
try {
bolDetailForm.getFormHandler().initialize(bolDetailForm, request);
session.setAttribute("SHIPMENT_BOL_DETAIL", bolDetailForm);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
// }

// 10/22/2012 2545 dbh start
currentAction = (String) session.getAttribute("FAK_CURRENT_ACTION");
if (currentAction != null && currentAction.equals("bol")) {
session.setAttribute("FAK_CURRENT_ACTION", null);
}
// 10/22/2012 2545 dbh end
session.setAttribute("FAK_CURRENT_TAB", "bol");
return mapping.findForward("home");
}
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<action path="/showBolPDF"
type="pdf.ShowBolPdfAction" />
 
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I don't think you can open a new window from the server. That's something the browser does.
 
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Hi Joe,
You're right when you say the browser does open the new window and not the server. Traditionally our code used to follow the struts framework and set the next page to "home", but the "Tab Driven" methodology is not performing the struts functionality, Do you have any ideas on how to force a new window just for the PDF? Hope i'm clear on this.
thanks for your response.
Srini
 
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srinivas sosale wrote:the "Tab Driven" methodology is not performing the struts functionality,



I'm not sure what you mean by "methodology". Are you not using Struts? If you want to open a new window, you'd do it with whatever link displays the PDF.
 
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