Save/Open file Locally
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a way to generate a "button" that when clicked will pop up a windows savefile/open file dialoge?
(Similar to the "" but for saving/opening a file locally, not uploading to a server)
The reason being is I want to be able to enter text into a form's textarea and save the text to the user's computer.
Cheers!
Denise
voicebox posted this at 22:53 — 27th October 2000.
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Sorry, there is no such thing in JavaScript or any language which comes from a web server, because of security reasons. You may want to write and sign a Java applet which does this (see http://developer.netscape.com/security/), but there is no other way to do this through a web page.
Denise posted this at 23:08 — 27th October 2000.
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Hi,
Thanks for the feedback. I will look into applets but what do you mean by "sign" an applet?
Denise
Hugh Jass posted this at 23:34 — 27th October 2000.
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Is this what you mean?
<script>
function saveAs(){
if (document.all) {
var WebBrowser = '';
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeEnd', WebBrowser);
WebBrowser1.ExecWB(4, 1);
//WebBrowser1.outerHTML = "";
}
}
</script>
Or
Save This Page
Denise posted this at 01:52 — 28th October 2000.
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Hi Hugh,
Yeah, thanks, this is getting along the right lines.
If it's possible to do this, is it somehow possible to:
1) Save a specific "textarea" of a designated form, instead of the whole page? (ie: document.myform.mytextarea.value)
2) Put the name I want the file to be saved as in the pop up window with the extension ".txt" instead of .htm/.html?(instead of Untitled1.htm by default)
Yours hopefully,
Denise
voicebox posted this at 11:45 — 28th October 2000.
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This is as far as I got, but IE just gives me an error "This web page could not be saved":
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script>
function saveAs(){
if (document.all) {
var WebBrowser = '<OBJECT ID="WebBrowser1" WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 CLASSID="CLSID:8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2"></OBJECT>';
document.ifr.document.write(WebBrowser);
document.ifr.document.write(document.theform.texta.value);
document.ifr.document.close();
document.ifr.document.all.WebBrowser1.ExecWB(4, 1);
//WebBrowser1.outerHTML = "";
}
}
</script>
<HEAD>
<BODY>
<iframe name="ifr">
</iframe>
<FORM name="theform">
<textarea name="texta"></textarea>
<INPUT type="button" value="Save this page" onclick="saveAs(); return false"></FORM>
<BR>Or<BR><BR><BR>
<A href="save-this-page.htm" onclick="saveAs(); return false">
Save This Page</A>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Denise posted this at 14:54 — 28th October 2000.
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Hi Voicebox,
Cheers for giving it a go.
This actually saves as a .txt file but includes the whole page not just the internal frame. I'm sure there's a way!
Denise
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