You could have a servlet do the download. Your static html page would
have a reference to the servlet along with some parameter indicating the
file the file to download. Your html people would be able to tell the
difference between this and having the webserver do the download itself.
Rolando Salangsang wrote:
>
> Hello List,
>
> What is the norm if after a user fills a form out and submits then they are
> presented with a static HTML page that presents the files they can download.
> But then the user decides to close their browser or sees that the files are
> too large and decides to quit. Do you still save the session and the form
> data? I have a situation where my servlet presents a client with a form to
> fill out before they can download certain files which are presented via
> links from a static page. I want to know if the user downloaded any files
> from the static page or exited. I was thinking of using a drop down list to
> present the files, the user chooses a file then clicks on a download button
> which could launch a servlet to do a verification. However, our HTML people
> don't want to go this route.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
> Rolando
>
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