Displaying a HTML file in the new Browser Window using JSP

[Desai Sandeep]

Hi,
I require to have a JSP page, which would be able to display an HTML file in another browser window.This JSP page would be able to access the HTML files of the system, which may not necessarily be mapped to the same web server.
Hence I need to:

1. Access the path information of the file
   
2. Read the File through InputStreams
   
3. Write it using the Outputstream in the new Browser window
   

We may consider click of a link of a file which would get the file information and display it in a new Browser window
Is this possible through JSP?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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[Ashwin Desai]

Hi,
One of the simplest ways would be to Read the file and write it out to a web-accessible location. Then spawn a new window (using javascript) pointing to this location.
Alternatively, you will have to use a Jsp page (/servlet) exclusively for the {read file, write file to outstream}
Jsp #1 or even a static HTML page (depends on your needs)

...///.... other stuff.
// spawn a new browser window using Javascript pointing to the other jsp page, say, filewriter.jsp

filewriter.jsp

1) Read the file from the location.
2) Write the contents to out.
// Any other processing.

But, the above method needs 2 requests to the server. One for getting the main page (jsp/html) and the other to load the content in a new browser window.
Hope this helps.
Ashwin.
[This message has been edited by Ashwin Desai (edited April 27, 2001).]

[Desai Sandeep]

Hi Ashwin,
Is there any way we can open a new browser window through JSP?
Thank you for your views.
Regards,

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Sandeep Desai
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[Andrew Shafer]

The answer is yes and no.
Opening a new browser is something that takes place entirely on the client. This is the realm of JavaScripting.
JSP can dynamically generate Javascript (or pretty much anything) and this scripting can open a new window.