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Posted by Alan Chen
Alan Chen
1,351 Points

How to open a save dialog in my web application?

I'm using Spring + Hibernate for a web application. Right now the user gets data from a database and I'm displaying it with Spring. Once the data has been displayed, I would like to be able to save it in a CSV file in a location I want the user to be able to decide. How do I open up a Save Dialog (the "save as" window) in my controller?

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

Switched the topic to Java since you're asking about a Spring/Hibernate app.

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

A location where? On the user's computer? If that's the case I'd set it up to download the CSV file and let the user's web browser handle where to save it.