Download a file and redirect it to another page via ajax

Question

I have a simple contact form for download excel file . Main issue happen , When ajax load .I want to download excel file then redirect user to a next page.. Below is my code wit

Answer 1

Method 1 : with jQuery AJAX

Replace your ajax with the following code..

window.open will open the ajaxexcel.php file in separate window and location.href will redirect to given welcome.php file.This is the best method for this.

Method 2 : with jQuery filedownload plugin

Just include jqueryfiledownload script and do something like this:

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Now when you click on anchor your file is downloaded and you can write your success/failure code in done()/fail() functions respectively.