FIle download not working in page fragment

Question

Hi All,
I have to download a file . I am using Dynamic tab shell and in one pf my page fragement link to download a file is avaliable...
I did a POC on jspx and its working fine but when i try to use the same code in my jsff (page frament ) its not working any idea that do i have to do anything specific to acheive the same..
Thanks
Shubhangi

Answer 1

Shubhangi/Timo,
was this resolved? I am having the same issue. File download works fine in a jspx page but the same code is not working when file download is used as part of a page fragment.
I have a table column that has the filename as commandlink with a managed bean code as below.
public oracle.binding.BindingContainer getBindings() {
return BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
public void downloadFile(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
FacesContext fctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
// myDocumentLocation specified in web.xml
String DOCUMENTS_LOCATION =
fctx.getExternalContext().getInitParameter("myDocumentLocation");
if (DOCUMENTS_LOCATION == null) {
// DOCUMENTS_LOCATION = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\xxloc\\";
Application app = fctx.getApplication();
ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
ELContext elContext = fctx.getELContext();
ValueExpression valueExp =
elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, "#{row.OrderFileName}",
Object.class);
String s1 = (String)valueExp.getValue(elContext);
System.out.println(s1);
String filename = s1 ;
File srcdoc =
new File(DOCUMENTS_LOCATION + filename);
if (srcdoc.exists()) {
FileInputStream fis;
System.out.println("exists");
byte[] b;
HttpServletResponse response =
(HttpServletResponse)fctx.getExternalContext().getResponse();
response.setContentType("application/x-download");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=" + filename);
response.setBufferSize(1024);
// response.setContentLength((new Long(srcdoc.length())).intValue());
OutputStream out = null;
try {
out = response.getOutputStream();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
try {
fis = new FileInputStream(srcdoc);
int n;
n = fis.available();
while (n > 0) {
b = new byte[n];
System.out.println("b" +b);
int result = fis.read(b);
out.write(b, 0, b.length);
if (result == -1)
break;
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("in file error");
e.printStackTrace();
try {
out.flush();
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
fctx.responseComplete();
It would be great if someone could guide me with this issue.
Thanks,
RAS