how to start a download in a separate window?

[cigno5e5]

someone know how to open a new window and start a file download via javascript?

[Vladdy]

... and why a simple:
<a href="filetodownload.ext" type="appropriateMIMEtype">Download...</a>
would not do???

[cigno5e5]

ok, i'm an idiot :D
i must to specify my environment!

I'm using jsp. In a form the user do submit to server...and my java code create an appropriate MIME type response writing the file to download. This response i would to open in another window.

Principally the problem is that the user do submit to a form!

sorry. Excuse me for my superficiaility...and for my very bad english!!!!

[Vladdy]

jsp as far as I remember is Java Server Pages and just a way to produce HTML or other type of server output, so server side technology has no bearing on what is happenning on the client side. I do not understand what the new window is for. The browser automatically opens a "Save As.." dialog when the MIME type is not recognized/supported.

[cigno5e5]

exactly!
i would confirm about this!! So i cannot redirect to another window from server!!

i need (no, the USER need) another window!!!!!!

anyway thanks! my problem has not direct solution!!!

[Vladdy]

Originally posted by cigno5e5
i need (no, the USER need) another window!!!!!!
I can not understand why.

[cigno5e5]

because my dev team has developed a little framework (using java struts) to "link" user actions to follow a predeterminated programmer defined workflow...
we cannot insert download (the response has a particular mime type) into our workflow!