Weird jsf component behavior after exporting pdf to outputStream ~~

Question

Hi,
I have a page which has a selectOneMenu control (allows user to select a workshop name) and a commandLink (generates a corresponding workshop pdf and opens in a separate browser window). All command actions are working fine(including the pdf generation).
I used the following code to export pdf to the browser
                HttpServletResponse response =
                   (HttpServletResponse)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext ().getResponse ();
             response.setContentType ("application/pdf");
             response.getOutputStream ().write (bytes);
             response.getOutputStream ().flush ();
             response.getOutputStream ().close ();
             FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete ();However, after viewing and exporting the pdf successfully from the browser, when I choose a different value in the slectOneMenu control again, the page then displays
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instead of the same page with a different value in the selectOneMenu control.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advanced!!
Moreover, while searching for a solution for the problem on google and developer forums, I found a posting suggesting adding
{code}
context.getApplication().getStateManager().saveSerializedView(context);
{code}
before
{code}
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete ();
{code}
however, the suggestion did not solve the problem.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Hi all,
I was able to resolve this issue by forcing the page to refresh itself when the commandLink control was clicked. However, for IE users, there would be a dialog box asking the user to click on "Retry" in order to refresh the page.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to eliminate the dialog box in IE would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced!!