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Force File Download and then Close Window after save
I would like users to download jpg's from my site and force the browser not to display the image but to promt the user to save it.
I am almost there, i just have one problem—I can not get the window that is open through this process to close once the download is complete. This is what i have so far:
1. Button on window1 opens window2
2. window2 has the following code:
<%
// fetch the file
String filename = "SCANDISK.LOG";
String filepath = "C:\\";
response.setContentType(
"APPLICATION/OCTET-STREAM"
response.setHeader("Conten
"attachment; filename=\""
+ filename + "\"");
java.io.FileInputStream fileInputStream =
new java.io.FileInputStream(fi
+ filename);
int i;
while ((i=fileInputStream.read()
out.write(i);
}
fileInputStream.close();
out.close();
%>
3. user is prompted to save the file
4. after saving the file the window remains open.
5. source code for window2 at this point is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HE
<BODY></BODY></HTML>
As you can see by the code, i would be unable to add any onLoad commands to close the window.
I have tried running a function from the window1 that tries to close window2 every 2 seconds, this causes an error beep until the user saves the file. I assume this happens because it is trying to close a window that is currently locked(not sure if this is the right term).
So can anyone figure a way so that i can send this file to a user and either not have a window open or have it close once the file has been transferred?
Thanks
I am almost there, i just have one problem—I can not get the window that is open through this process to close once the download is complete. This is what i have so far:
1. Button on window1 opens window2
2. window2 has the following code:
<%
// fetch the file
String filename = "SCANDISK.LOG";
String filepath = "C:\\";
response.setContentType(
"APPLICATION/OCTET-STREAM"
response.setHeader("Conten
"attachment; filename=\""
+ filename + "\"");
java.io.FileInputStream fileInputStream =
new java.io.FileInputStream(fi
+ filename);
int i;
while ((i=fileInputStream.read()
out.write(i);
}
fileInputStream.close();
out.close();
%>
3. user is prompted to save the file
4. after saving the file the window remains open.
5. source code for window2 at this point is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HE
<BODY></BODY></HTML>
As you can see by the code, i would be unable to add any onLoad commands to close the window.
I have tried running a function from the window1 that tries to close window2 every 2 seconds, this causes an error beep until the user saves the file. I assume this happens because it is trying to close a window that is currently locked(not sure if this is the right term).
So can anyone figure a way so that i can send this file to a user and either not have a window open or have it close once the file has been transferred?
Thanks
ASKER
hmmm...maybe i am missing something. So what changes would make?
in your html how about this:
<input type="button" onClick="window.location.h
CJ
<input type="button" onClick="window.location.h
CJ
ASKER
Yes I think there is something missing but it is my fault for not including it. What you have suggest is fine, however now it leaves window1 (the only window) open after the download is complete...I would like to have this window close after a download (if possible I would like to have it close only after a successful download, I mean only when the user selects saveas and then ok). Do you know how I can do this?
how about closing the window after about 10-15 seconds, after you sure that the user has selected to download the file.
I haven't found any means of getting info from the dialog itself to JavaScript.
CJ
I haven't found any means of getting info from the dialog itself to JavaScript.
CJ
ASKER
I tried that, but i was unhappy with the results, sometimes it closed to late and sometimes it tried to early and you would hear an anoying error beep. I think i will just have to leave the window open...
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