i'm not sure you can - the download is the last thing you need to do in order to make things work. so you show the status page, which then redirects the browser to the download after it has loaded (via a javascript redirect probably), so the user is left with the status page on the screen and a download box.
something like action: def download if params = correct @download = true else @download = false errors.add etc end end
and then in download.rhtml: <body <%if @download%> onload="window.location='<%=url_for(:controller=>"download",:action=>"really_do_the_download")%>'" <%end%>> <%if @download%> Downloading... <%else%> There were errors! <%end%>
Edwin Moss wrote:
