refresh page after form download submit

Question

I have a form that as an action returns a download. The problem is that the page will pop-out the download, and you can save it, but it will not allow another form submit.

i was thinking of doing a page refresh after the submit. But i cant figure out how to do that and not stop the download. Do you have any ideas.

Thanks

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Make the initial form POST to an action which returns the same view along with some javascript that triggers the download. Also provide a "Your download should start shortly. Otherwise, click here"-link.

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Auto start file download after form submission

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answered Mar 15 '10 at 15:33

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i would prefer to keep the user in the same page, since he enters some information in the form. Its basicly a report download page and its easier for him to generate multiple reports if he remains in the same page – Gabriel Solomon Mar 15 '10 at 15:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '10 at 11:52

This seams to be a bug in Chrome. The solution i got from here was to open a window before submit and put the target of the form in that window.

    function submitForm() {
//next line is the FIX
      window.open('','google');
      form = document.getElementById('myform');
      form.action = "http://www.google.com/search";
      form.target = 'google';
      form.submit();
    }

refresh page after form download submit

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