Abhijit,
If the files are all text/html files, you can use a JSP to serve up the
files. If you are serving up binary files (ie. images, PDF files, etc.)
then you will have to use a servlet. The reason is that JSP pages are only
supposed to output text. That being said, all you have to do is to supply
a file name as a query parameter to the servlet or jsp. The servlet/jsp
will then use the query parameter to read the file from either a directory
under the Web-inf directory of the web app or another location that is read
from a property file. The location must not be a public area under the web
server root. When returning the file contents, you should set the content
type of the response to the appropriate file type.
-Richard
At 07:02 PM 9/1/01 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>This question was asked in a ColdFusion User Group.
>
>I'm wondering if there's an equivalent way(to <CFCONTENT> in CF5) of
>restricting a files location using JSPs?
>
>Ie. When a user tries to download a file she/he should not be able to
>access a file directly using it's URL, rather her/his only method of
>accessing this file should be via a JSP page that serves the file.
>
>Hope my question isn't too ambiguous. Thanks in advance.
>
>Abhijit.
>
>
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>Instead of pointing directly to the file, you could use <CFCONTENT> to
>serve the file to the user, that way you could programmatically block
>them from getting the file again after a period of time. The files could
>even be stored in a non web accessible directory.
>
>Never tried it, sounds like it would work...
>
>seeya!
>
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> > Sent: Friday, 31 August 2001 1:44 PM
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> > Subject: [cfaussie] Restricted download period
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> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to restrict the download of files from a web
>
> > or ftp server after a certain period? ie a client is only allowed 24
> > hours to download a file. However, i need the file url to be
> > restricted in some way as well, so that they cant just bookmark the
> > file once they have gained access. Any ideas?
> >
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