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I think this is what you're looking for:

https://www.webtoolkit.eu/widgets/navigation/anchor

Now i have a pushbutton, and inside the slot conected to signal clicked, i generate the file.

If i replace the pushbutton by an anchor, i have tho change the destination of anchor, inside the clicked slot.

I change it inside the slot, but it just is applied the next time i click on the anchor, not the current time.

regards

Ah, we've had this problem a few times too.

We've worked around this in our project in 2 ways:

- We either do the actual exporting earlier, and make the exportbutton have the downloadlink (not always possible),

• or we make the export-function create a "Your file is ready for download"-dialog, with a downloadbutton in it.

I don't know if there's other ways.

What I most often do is create a WResource that generates the file in handleRequest() when requested.

There's an example of such a WResource in the widget gallery: https://www.webtoolkit.eu/widgets/media/resources

Of course, your handleRequest() function will probably be more elaborate. In any case, the contents of the file need to be sent to response.out().

Roel Standaert, the problem isn't generate the file, is show it.

I generate the file inside the slot connected with the export button.

The behavior that i want for the export button is generate the file and after download/open it in a new tab.

I already have the code to generate the file, the problem is download it.

regards

Yes, but the way that that can be accomplished, is by not generating the file in a slot connected to the button, but rather by generating the file in the handleRequest() function. Then, you don't put a clicked() handler on the button. Instead you set a link to that resource on that button.

Is there some reason why you can't do that? Because the file maybe takes a long time to generate maybe?

I solved the question, when it finishes generate the file, it opens a dialog with a link to the file

regards