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Re: Which type of network access for this situation?

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Stefan Weiss wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Stefan Weiss wrote:
>>> Use the XMLHttpRequest object. […]
>> 
>> Not necessarily.  If a resource is to be downloaded to be saved as a file
>> in the filesystem in a user-specified location after a “timer goes off”,
>> then a simple
>> 
>>   var timer = window.setTimeout(function () {
>>     window.clearTimeout(timer);
>> 
>>     window.location = "…";
>>   }, 42);
>> 
>> suffices [...]
> 
> You don't even need JavaScript for that. This is basically the same as
> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="...">,

No, it is not.  My example should not be misconstrued as standalone.  
Different to that markup feature, you can call window.setTimeout()
*at any time* in the program.  Most importantly, you can call it
*following a specific user action*.

> with all the navigation problems that come with it.

I am aware of that markup feature, and the problems with it (including 
navigation problems) are why I did not mention it.
 
> The OP also wrote "download some stuff [...] _and_display_it_", which I
> understood to mean "fetch with JS and insert into the current document".
> If this interpretation is correct, neither `window.location = ..` nor a
> meta refresh will do what he needs.

If.  You are jumping to conclusions there, too.

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Which type of network access for this situation? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2017-04-17 11:53 -0700
  Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-18 00:57 +0100
  Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 01:57 +0200
    Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-18 02:52 +0200
      Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 03:13 +0200
        Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-18 05:40 +0200
        Re: Which type of network access for this situation? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2017-04-18 08:22 -0700
          Re: Which type of network access for this situation? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2017-04-18 08:28 -0700
          Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-04-18 16:08 +0000
            Re: Which type of network access for this situation? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2017-04-19 23:44 -0700
              Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-04-20 10:15 +0000
                Re: Which type of network access for this situation? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-04-20 12:56 +0200
  Re: Which type of network access for this situation? maherrj@googlemail.com - 2017-04-17 17:23 -0700
  Re: Which type of network access for this situation? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 03:29 +0200

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