Hmm... and my understanding was that the file is installed on the user's machine.
"and then render the html page from the local hard drive." If I misunderstood, then the code sample I posted wouldn't work. Hubert On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:05:43 -0400 (EDT), Frank W. Zammetti (MLists) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That presumes that the app server is on the same box as the client (which > is, I think, the only way the file:// path would work). IF that's the > case, then yes, Hubert's suggestion would probably work just fine. I had > assumed, from the description given, that this wasn't the case. > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > > > On Wed, September 22, 2004 2:03 pm, Hubert Rabago said: > > 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] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
