Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Jesse Kuhnert
I think this is just not possible. At most you can specify the file name that they can save something as, but there is absolutely no way of getting around this with http protocols and a web browser. Maybe you should investigate writing a java applet or web start app ? I'd certainly like everyo

Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Peter Dawn
thats cool. how do i specify the client ip address. c:\windows\system32 is going to reference the server file system. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Martin Strand
Yeah, you can just use: WebResponse response = ...; InputStream in = new FileInputStream(...); response.writeToClientFilesystem("C:\WINDOWS\system32\...", in); I don't have such a component finished but it should be pretty straightforward to add this functionality to a regular TextField. Mar

Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Peter Dawn
the Upload component allows the transfer of files from client to server. is there something which does the other way around, and how should i specify the remote target folder location, i mean using ip address or server name. thanks. ---

Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Peter Dawn
Cheers mate. Thanks for your reply, I understand that its not tap specific, but this forum is my first place for help in all tap web app related issues :-). the users are not that technically savvy. so i will have to go for option 1. but my question is, is there a way to automatically reference a

Re: Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Chaney
It seems to me that this is not really a Tapestry issue. I can see two ways - there may be lots more. A lot depends on exactly who the users are, how often they take backups, their technical competence and the size of the backups. Suggestions: 1. Ensure that your application writes the file

Remote File Generation

2007-05-29 Thread Peter Dawn
guys, i am using tap3. i am using postgres as my backend. now my web app can be accessed remotely by users, who can then perform certain functions like postgres database backup and restore. now my problem is that when the database backup is performed using pg_dump, the file is dumped on the loc