Thanks for the reply. The exe file is on another server.
Thanks! Frederick Cheung wrote: > On Mar 25, 6:54�pm, Jay Dev <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm new to Rails and working on a project where after the user logs in >> they can click on a link to download an exe file ( say for example the >> file is athttp://test.com/test.exe). I want to keep the link to the exe >> file hidden. What are the best ways to implement this step. >> >> I was thinking about using the redirect to url but I have been getting >> an error saying that I cannot use two redirect's in a function. >> > > redirect won't hide the url > >> Also, I was thinking of using NET:HTTP to use http request but I have no >> idea how to implement this. > > You could but it would block the mongrel for the entire time it took > to download the file. > > What's not clear from your example is whether this file is on your > server or somewhere else. > > Fred -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---