I have a servlet which throws an HTML page with a button "Save this page as Text". If the user clicks on the button, I want to create a file in the user's computer and write some data. How do I achieve this?
A couple of ways. The button could trigger JavaScript that requests a file you've created server-side. The user will be asked if it's okay to save/run it. The button could also POST to a servlet that "responds" as a file rather than as HTML. The browser will handle it according to its MIME settings. Or, the button could trigger JavaScript that makes the servlet request generating a dynamic filestream (no messy temp files). Jesse
