How to LOG Download Info in <A> TAG

[Prabhat]

Hello friends,

Currently I have one asp page which opens after the proper ID entered by
user and it generate <A> tag with application software download link. When
the user click on the link (which is pointed to the actual physical file
..EXE of Size around 10 - 20 MB) it downloads file. But how do i change the
logic so that the activity will get LOG in some text file. Like which user
has downloaded which file. (it should log into text file).

I think I need to remove the <A> for direct download instead it shoudl call
an asp page whcih should log the event and push the file to user. Please
suggest with sample code if possible.

Regards
Prabhat

[Mike Brind]

Re: How to LOG Download Info in &lt;A&gt; TAG


Prabhat wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello friends,
>
> Currently I have one asp page which opens after the proper ID entered by
> user and it generate <A> tag with application software download link. When
> the user click on the link (which is pointed to the actual physical file
> .EXE of Size around 10 - 20 MB) it downloads file. But how do i change the
> logic so that the activity will get LOG in some text file. Like which user
> has downloaded which file. (it should log into text file).
>
> I think I need to remove the <A> for direct download instead it shoudl call
> an asp page whcih should log the event and push the file to user. Please
> suggest with sample code if possible.
>
> Regards
> Prabhat[/color]

Correct. The first link should go to an asp file that writes the event
to a text file, and then should redirect to the download.

You need the scripting.files ystemobject to write the text file. There
are hundreds of examples here:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Scripting.FileSystemObject+-net&btnG=Search&meta=

--
Mike Brind

[Anthony Jones]

Re: How to LOG Download Info in &lt;A&gt; TAG


"Prabhat" <not_a_mail@hot mail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello friends,
>
> Currently I have one asp page which opens after the proper ID entered by
> user and it generate <A> tag with application software download link. When
> the user click on the link (which is pointed to the actual physical file
> .EXE of Size around 10 - 20 MB) it downloads file. But how do i change the
> logic so that the activity will get LOG in some text file. Like which user
> has downloaded which file. (it should log into text file).
>
> I think I need to remove the <A> for direct download instead it shoudl[/color]
call[color=blue]
> an asp page whcih should log the event and push the file to user. Please
> suggest with sample code if possible.
>[/color]

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