[Javascript] Saving HTML Form Result to a Local File

[Peter Brunone]

My first thought:

    This sounds like it may fall outside the realm of Javascript, and
henceforth, beyond the reach of this list.  What exactly is this software
that's generating an HTML form, and why would a standalone app need to do
that (instead of presenting a premade form with dynamic content that changes
according to user input)?  Can you tell us more about the tools used to
develop this application?

-Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Justice" <Justice at HireSuccess.com>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Javascript] Saving HTML Form Result to a Local File


| 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