because there's not native "event" on a completed download nor a "callback" to use in ANY browser. Simply put, there aren't tools in the HTML word to report back a finished download.
On Friday, May 23, 2014 8:33:32 AM UTC+2, Mandar Vaze wrote: > > Derek, > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Derek <sp1...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> no, i don't see how you could. web2py leaves it up to the webserver to >> send the file. you'd need to modify the webserver, but since the webserver >> is handed off the path of the file then you have no way of raising an >> error, unless you want transfers to block the web2py process... >> > > "Not possible" is acceptable answer (to me). > The explanation helps answer "why not" > > Thanks !! > > -Mandar > > > >> >> On Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:46:00 AM UTC-7, Mandar Vaze wrote: >> >>> Sorry for the delayed response. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> let's ask another question then. Can you post a link generated by your >>>> app that "downloads" something ? just the part after the domain is enough. >>>> >>> >>> This question definitely helped. >>> Turns out "download" is request.args(0) (just like "new" "edit" etc.) >>> I am now able to intercept the download request. >>> >>> Next Question : >>> So checking request.args(0) only tells me that someone "attempted" the >>> download. >>> Is there a way to find out if they "cancelled" or actually completed the >>> downloaded ? >>> >>> -Mandar >>> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/nWDCgA10REY/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
