[Javascript] Saving HTML Form Result to a Local File

[Jane Justice]

Peter:

We are dynamically generating an html form with software installed on the
user's machine.  When an end user finishes with input and clicks on the
submit button, we need to save the form results in a text file on their
local drive where it can be further evaluated by the software.  We are
trying to stay cross-platform with our code, but if restricting to IE is the
only way to accomplish what we want to do, we might have to bite that
bullet.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,
Jane



-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
Behalf Of Peter Brunone
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:41 PM
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Saving HTML Form Result to a Local File


Jane,

    Client-side Javascript will not be allowed to access the user's local
file system.  If however you can guarantee an IE user base, you might be
able to manipulate the FileSystemObject through VBScript (or possibly
JScript).  Can you elaborate more on the intended sequence of events?

Cheers,

Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Justice" <Justice at HireSuccess.com>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:25 PM
Subject: [Javascript] Saving HTML Form Result to a Local File


| Greetings:
|
| I am a newbie with Javascript and have been researching ways to save html
| form results to a local file on submit.  I've seen that FrontPage 2000
| enables this, but FP extensions are required in order for this to work.
We
| can't use Perl, and were hoping to be able to accomplish this using just
the
| client side.  However, my research has so far proven fruitless.   I
thought
| there must be some way to accomplish this with Javascript, but I haven't
| been able to find it.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  Or is
it
| simply not possible to program this without some server side transaction?
|
| Thanks kindly,
| Jane Justice
| VP Business Innovations
| Hire Success, Inc.
| www.hiresuccess.com
|

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