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javascript thread: force reloading of files


Message #1 by tlu@c... on Thu, 24 May 2001 16:34:40
I am developing a website that allows a user to select a set of criterion 
on a form page, then the action page will run a query based on the 
selection and create a file(*.csv)which can be downloaded. Since a user 
will likely run more than one query in a browsing session, I need to force 
the browser (Netscape especially)to fetch the file from server everytime 
the action page is visited. I tried different ways to use "location.reload
(true)" but none worked. Here is some examples of my codes,

<a href="myfile.csv" onClick="window.location.reload(true)">Download the 
file</a>

or

<body onLoad="window.location.reload(true)">
<a href="myfile.csv">Download the file</a>

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Tonia


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