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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?
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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).
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Thankx for your prompt reply.
 
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