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<2469245.AuzWJNP2xm@mach-123> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:42:33 -0400 Subject: Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download. From: Joel Goldstick To: inq1ltd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 50 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1378323756 news.xs4all.nl 15881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45429 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:53646 This same message comes up under one of Niko's many aliases. Is this another? Why post twice? On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, inq1ltd wrote: > Python help. > > I use the following code in a cgi file > to give the client a download link to > download a file. > > --- > > print "%s" % (' Down > Load ') > > ---- > > A click on "Down Load" opens a pop up browser > window which allows the user to choose where > to download the "Setup.zip" file, then after > the download, the pop up window closes. > > My problem is that I want the cgi form, which > contains the link, to also close after the > download. The only way I can figure out to > close the cgi window is to give the user a > button to close it. > > Without closing it, the client can download > again and forever if they choose to because > the cgi window is open and the link is still > active. > > I am trying to find a way to close the cgi > file or call another file after the download > without adding a close button and asking the > client to close the window. > > jd > > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com