need to find a way to have visitors select a file from a list of check boxes on page and then click

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how can i do this,

i can not use ASP, Perl or....??

all i can use is HTML and Java i am using a free web provider
called netfirms, so it can only be one of these to do it.

i thought maybe i could right a java or c, htm, html program to do this.

PLEASE can someone help me, if i need to use one of these that my server
wont let me use i can upgrade, in which can where can i get such a script
or program to do this.

i am really disperate now.

e.g.


check the boxes of files you want....

O file one

O file two

O file three

....... and so on



then.... the click this button



_____________
! DOWNLOAD !
!----------------------!


which opens a save as box to let them select a folder on there system to
save these selected files.



please please help me.



thanks


Jason
 
Why not just use a link (Form link with the pull down box) to the file? If
the file is something that is not normally displayed in a browser then the
'save as' box pops up automatically.
 
Have you ever seen a site that does this?

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Jason,
this can be done with server-side code - for example try going to
www.dwfaq.com click the link for snippets exchange note you can choose 1 or
more than 1 file to download when you choose to download the file(s) you
want are made into one zip file for you to download. This is reasonably easy
with ASP - but there is NO WAY to do it without server side code which would
make it IMPOSSIBLE to do on your free web host.

To tackle this project you'd need 2 things
1/ Spend some money for a good web host
2/ Spend some time learning (or pay somebody) to write the script.

This newsgroup cannot give you a quick easy free answer - we're good but not
that good :-)

Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP
 
so there is not script in java that make use of the save as function,

like, just an example!!.

saveas(filetosave,foldertostore)

as i have sort of made a rough script to do part of it, but it is the bit
that saves the files that i am having trouble with.


i have volunteered to make site to store minutes and agendas of previous and
future meetings and have them available to the members for download instead
of having them emails to everyone, as for one there are many of them and two
they don't always want to be at the meetings for one or two reasons and not
all of the agenda items, so posting them all the stuff would some talk time,
and emailing them the stuff would fill up there email boxes!!!

there must be a function I can use, i have been looking on the net for a
few days now and not getting very far, one reason i think is that i must be
looking in the wrong place, i don't think it is impossible, as i thought at
first i could not do what i already have done. it is just this last part
that has got me stuck.

thanks yet again

Jason
 
Jason,
And I addition to what Jon said, you need to take
into consideration how a server works.
Depending upon the server settings, and the connection
type, a server can only "serve" a limited number of files at one time.
Servers are limited by server admins as to the number of simultaneous
connections to port 80 that can be used by one visitor.
Client machines ( visitors ) are limited by a registry setting called
"MaxPortsPerConnection.
On dial up the max is 4, "if the server allows it." Most limit it to 1 or 2
On DSL it can be as high as 20, "if the server allows it." Most limit it to
3 or 4.
( good "upper tier" hosts will allow as many as 20. Upper tier means $$$$ )

What this means is even if your visitors could select 20 files and click a
link
to download them all, it won't work because the server will only "serve"
one or 2 at a time.

Additionally, the browser security settings only allow you to select one
file
to download at a time. When you click to download a file and get the popup,
you are then "authorizing" the computer to cross from the "browser domain"
to the "system domain" to save and write the file.

With the resources at your disposal, the easiest thing for you to do
would be to place your files in a folder that contains no html files
and then publish the folder. A link to the folder will open it and display
a list of the files it contains, which folks can then select and download.

Here is an example of such a folder. I have removed the default page
so you can see how it will display:

http://www.95isalive.com/dloads/
 
thank you very much for that detailed response, that answered a lot of
questions in one, just that part about not being able to download more than
one file at a time with out having the save as box pop up for the next file
was the answer to what I wanted to do. so I an not able to do this because
of the server security setting that also says that I am unable to do this, I
was about to find out if I could get funding to upgrade the account, but
because of your answers I believe that I will only be waiting money as it
will not benefit my site at all, what your site has it a bit like what I
have , I had all the files on a html page and had them click one to open up
the save as box and save it that way and then click the next file, this did
not open up the file in a html page as it is a Word file so it won't open in
a browser.

well thanks again for every one that helped me in some way.

merry xmas to all and happy new year.
 
I hope it helped.
Nobody is trying to dissuade you from accomplishing your goal,
they're just trying to help by telling you "honestly" what you can
accomplish
with what you have.
Especially the MVP's, most of whom have been
using FrontPage from day one.
You'll also find that some of the folks who stop by occasionally
are the same ones who helped create the very program you are
using to read this news group and / or "surf the net."

And obtw, a Merry Christmas to you.

Steve
 
Jason,
You say you've broken ground with a script - post up what you have so far
and let's see if we can take it further. To save you barking up the wrong
tree javascript (I know you don't mean java) cannot ever under any
circumstances make use of any form of save/save as function. It doesn't have
access to the file system on the server or the client - for very good
reason. If you can get a budget (won't have to be huge) to upgrade your host
you will be able to do what you want.

I understand how frustrating it can be when you don't have the budget time
or skills to do what you want - we've all been there. I built my first
website in 1998 free for a then struggling (although now quite famous)
singer and at the time struggled with crap computers no software no skills
and no budget - of course now I have a very good web host more software than
I need and 3 very high spec computers on my desk, maybe even a few skills
too :-)

This business will have you beating your head against a wall sometimes (many
times :-) but it 's also very rewarding - intellectually and financially.
Hang in there!!

Cheers and have a great Christmas,
Jon
 
I built my first
website in 1998 free for a then struggling (although now quite famous)
singer and at the time struggled with crap computers no software no skills
and no budget - of course now I have a very good web host more software than
I need and 3 very high spec computers on my desk, maybe even a few skills
too :-)
Click to expand...

Jon, does that statement ever bring back memories.
FP98 on a PII 166 mhz machine running windows 95.
What's even more of a hoot is that unknown to most folks
the CPU and memory available in a machine determines
to what level FrontPage wysiwyg functions are installed.

There were features in 98 that I didn't know existed until
I installed it on a PIII machine.

But then again, until I started hanging out here, I thought asp
was a snake.
;-)
 
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