render pdf without landing on blank page?

[dustismo]

Hi,

I am trying to render a pdf using an action, problem is that it always lands me on a blank page.. I would settle for opening in a new window, but I can't get that to work either.

my export() method returns the view of the report to render, but I need to submit the form so s:button doesn't work..

<h:form id="graphreport_fm">
 <s:validateAll>

 <h:outputLabel styleClass="form-label" for="title">Title:</h:outputLabel>
 <br />
 <s:decorate>
 <h:inputText size="30" id="title" value="#{graphReport.report.title}" />
 <s:message />
 </s:decorate>
 <br />

 <!-- other options -->

 </s:validateAll>
 <s:button onclick="document.forms['graphreport_fm'].submit();" value="Export Now" action="#{graphReport.export()}" target="_new"/>
 </h:form>

Where my export method is something like:

public String export() {
 return generateReportViewId();
 }

that leads to the following message:

INFO [lifecycle] WARNING: FacesMessage(s) have been enqueued, but may not have been displayed.
sourceId=null[severity=(WARN 1), summary=(The conversation ended, timed out or was processing another request), detail=(The conversation ended, timed out or was processing another request)]

[dustismo]

To answer my own question:

<!-- want this action to open in new window -->
<h:commandButton
 value="Export Now"
 action="#{graphReport.export()}"
 onclick="document.getElementById('graphreport_fm').target='_new';"
/>

<!-- dont want this action to open in new window -->
<h:commandButton
 value="Save"
 action="#{graphReport.email()}"
 onclick="document.getElementById('graphreport_fm').target='';"
/>