How to call a servlet on click of a button

[salmondavid888]

Hi,
i need to call a servlet on click of a button. that servlet generates an excel file and sends back to client. all this i am doing for getting browser provided save dialog box. plz help me how to call a servlet on click of button?

Thanks!

[Condor]

You could use Animal's LinkButton or my Ext.ux.Report to initiate the request and your server will need to set the Content-disposition response header to 'attachment'.

[salmondavid888]

Hi Condor,
please could you share me the code?

Thanks!

[Condor]

Ext.ux.Report