hello Sunil,
What I could suggest you to do is that on the click of a button you may call a
servlet which downloads a file. And in this case you even not put the file in
the public_html directory..... The servlet could look something like this...
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class DownloadServlet extends HttpServlet {
public void service(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse res) throws
ServletException, IOException
{
res.setContentType("application/x-filler");
res.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=out.fif;");
ServletOutputStream stream = res.getOutputStream();
BufferedInputStream fif = new BufferedInputStream(new
FileInputStream("d:\\in.fif"));
// At the above path you could specify the file to be downloaded.....
int data;
while((data = fif.read()) != -1) {
stream.write(data);
}
fif.close();
stream.close();
}
}
Hope it helps...
Vikram
Sunil Chinjwani wrote:
> I have a ( .csv) file on the server. I want to transfer the file to the
> client machine when he clicks on a anchor or a button..........
> There is one option of providing a direct link like this :
> <a href="filename">
> But I cannot do this bcoz I would have to place the file in public-html.
>
> The file is a personal one,say the addressbook (.csv file), so if I keep
> it in public html it will be accessible to all.....
> Is there some way we can trasfer the file from the server to the client
> machine without putting the file in public html ??????????????????/
> Please help, urgent requirement...................
>
> Sunil...........
>
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