File download using RichFaces

Question

I got the following to work already:

1. User can upload a file (i.e. a compressed archive)
2. User can uncompress the file on the server
3. User can e

Answer 1

You don't need the richfaces a4j:commandLink tag for the download, the standard jsf tag h:commandLink would be enough.

Then make sure you have the following headers set on your response (you can check with firebug in firefox):

Content-Disposition attachment; filename="your_file_name.xxx"

Content-Type application/xxx

Content-Length 1234

Content-Length: number of bytes.