Problem with redirect URI

[v venkat]

I am having problem when redirecting using :

String tempurl = "file://\\server1\\directory1"; (example path)
resp.sendRedirect(resp.encodeRedirectURL(tempurl));

this works with IE6 but does not work with IE7.

Can experts suggest .... am i using wrong path , my target path on windows NT is "\\server1\directory1".

[Paul Clapham]

That isn't a valid URL. Valid URLs don't have backslashes in them. And web applications shouldn't be redirecting to files on the client. Probably that's a security violation of some kind and IE7 has been programmed to not do it.

[v venkat]

paul thanks for your reply.

Does this mean "file://\\server1\\directory1" is incorrect or we cannot use URI in the send redirect.

I am using this to redirect users to open a windows folder and let them paste documents. when I paste the above uri in the explorer directly it opens the folder, but thru the application it does not.

can you suggest me what would be the correct format for above file path ?

would it be "file:///server1/directory1" ?

Is there any other alternative to open a folder on windows using java application without using swing api ?

[Deepak Bala]

No you cannot redirect to a file / folder on the client. No methods that I am aware of anyway.

You can however post a link on a JSP / HTML that will make a user open a particular folder. Something like this

<a href="file:\\\d:\" > D </a>