navigation to servlet in faces-config

[janir]

Hi!

Does anyone know how to setup navigation to a servlet in faces-config.xml ?

I have tried by just adding the servlet name to the to-view tag but
there is an error saying that FileNotFound exportToExcel.xhtml does not
exist
when I return the export string in the action

<navigation-rule>
<from-view-id>/start.iface</from-view-id>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>export</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/exportToExcel</to-view-id>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>

The servlet is configured in the web.xml

I have a case where I set to the request with setAttribute few objects
which I then pick up in the servlet with getAttribute

I have been successful in calling the servlet directly from the JSP code
but I need to set a few attributes before calling so it has to be done
from the java code

I have also tried with RequestDispatcher forward method but there is an
error message saying "Use navigation rules instead"

Please help!

Thanks,
Jani