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Our client has asked that we things up so that the user must fill out
a short form with some basic information if they want to access a
number of PDFs on their website, once per session (please don't ask me
why). Submitting the form sets a session cookie.
Specifically, if the user clicks on "example.pdf," I'd like to have
one of two things happen:
1) If the session cookie is set, the PDF is accessed transparently.
2) If the session cookie is not set, the user is sent to the info
form, and on submission is either (a) passed through to the PDF they
clicked the link for, or (b)at least is sent back to the original page
where the link resides so they can select it again. My initial thought
for the latter case was to have the form open in a new window, then
have a close button on the subsequent confirmation page so the
original page is still open in the background.
My apologies if this seems a clunky way of doing things; my experience
with javascript is fairly limited. Any help would be appreciated.
a short form with some basic information if they want to access a
number of PDFs on their website, once per session (please don't ask me
why). Submitting the form sets a session cookie.
Specifically, if the user clicks on "example.pdf," I'd like to have
one of two things happen:
1) If the session cookie is set, the PDF is accessed transparently.
2) If the session cookie is not set, the user is sent to the info
form, and on submission is either (a) passed through to the PDF they
clicked the link for, or (b)at least is sent back to the original page
where the link resides so they can select it again. My initial thought
for the latter case was to have the form open in a new window, then
have a close button on the subsequent confirmation page so the
original page is still open in the background.
My apologies if this seems a clunky way of doing things; my experience
with javascript is fairly limited. Any help would be appreciated.