render :file in another window

rubyonrails-talk
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is there a way to render a file in another window

I wrote :   def show     @asset = Asset.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|       format.html       format.xml { render :xml => @asset }       format.pdf {render :file => @asset.data.path }     end   end

this render in the current window....

thanks for your suggestions

erwin

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format.pdf {send_data(@asset, :filename => @asset.data.path, :type =>'application/pdf',:disposition => 'inline') }

Sijo

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Thanks Sijo

I also found that I could use the :popup => true in the 'link_to'