ASP.Net MVC - return view and launch document at same time

Question

I have a ASP.Net MVC form that upon submit I need a couple of things to happen.

• Firstly I need to generate a pdf report and launch it
• Secondly I need to return to the main index page

Currently I can do the first by returning a filestream from my action OR the second by returning a view but I can't figure out how to do both

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Answer 1

Why don't you return the main index page first, and in the page have it make an ajax call to a separate action which returns the pdf file?

You would just need to make sure the ajax call opens up the response in a separate window/tab.