Greg K — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:53:07 +0000

Assuming you have PHP on your server, this is quite simple.

I didn't test this, just did it off the top of my head, give it a try:

<?
 	
 	$errMessage = "";
 
 	if ($_POST['Sumit']!="")
 	{
 		// Form was submitted
 		
 		// Check to make sure file exists. You will need
 		// to adjust the path to match your system
 		// Also may want to do some other validation 
 		
 		if (file_exists("/home/httpd/html/prints/{$_POST['fileNum']}.pdf"))
 		{
 			// Redirect them to the file
 			header("Location: http://engineering/prints/{$_POST['fileNum']}.pdf");
 		}
 		else 
 		{
 			// Generate error message to display on form
 			$errMessage = "Drawing '{$_POST['fileNum']}' was not found.";
 		}
 	}
 	
 ?>
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>XYX Company | Choose Drawing</title>
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<h3>XYZ Company</h3>
 		<form name="prints" method="POST" action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>">
 		<? if ($errMessage!="") print "<p>Error: $errMessage</p>\n"; ?>
 		<p>Please enter the print you would like:
 			<input name="fileNum" type="text" size="20">
 			<input name="submit" type="submit" value="View Print">
 		</p>
 		</form>
 	</body>
 </html>

-Greg