In that case, try something like <forward name="something" path="file:///C:/path/to/file.html" redirect="true"/>
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:00:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Frank W. Zammetti (MLists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/22/2004 > 01:34:07 PM: > > > Are you actually trying to FORWARD to the file or is your intention to > > initiate download of the file? > > FORWARD > > > > > > Your specifying an HTML file though, so I assume you want the user to see > > that page... So, the question is, is it a one-time page display or are > you > > trying to redirect them to another webapp? > > > Can you be more specific about what your really trying to do? > > Apologies for the vagueness. Many thanks for the help. > > My piece of this system is a web app but it's presented through a browser > embedded in a fat client. When the users click a certain link I need to do > some action stuff (which is working) and then render the html page from the > local hard drive. Once it's displayed I'm out of the picture and the fat > c/s app is supposed to takeover. > > > > > > If you just need to display it, you could always open a stream on the > file > > and render it to response manually. Seems like a lot of work though... > > > > Can you be more specific about what your really trying to do? > > > > -- > > Frank W. Zammetti > > Founder and Chief Software Architect > > Omnytex Technologies > > http://www.omnytex.com > > > > On Wed, September 22, 2004 1:23 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This doesn't work either. I get a 404 for a local resource or an > outside > > > url. I don't want to hardcode the document.location but I don't know > what > > > other choices there are. > > > > > > > > > Hubert Rabago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/22/2004 12:00:00 PM: > > > > > >> If you need to forward to a resource outside the current web context, > > >> you can try using a redirect. > > >> > > >> <forward name="lapTop" path="http://gmail.google.com"; > redirect="true"/> > > >> > > >> Now, whether it'll work when you point it to a local resource... I > > >> think what you'll get is the user's browser will try to look for that > > >> file on the user's machine. > > >> > > >> Hubert > > >> > > >> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:50:29 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Is it possible to forward to a file on a hard drive? I set up a > > >> global > > >> > forward like this > > >> > > > >> > forward name="lapTop" path="C:\project\WorkQueueLaptop.html" > > >> > > > >> > I've since learned that the path is context relative so this is a no > > > go. > > >> > What technique do I need to use? Is it possible to handle this form > > > the > > >> > config file? > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
