Problem When Using execCommand("SaveAs",false,".txt")

GavReynolds

Hi All!

I am using Javascript to export some content in a popup (in this case, just 5 simple words) to a text file. This works fine and the user can save the text file.

Upon opening the file, it appears to be just a basic text file, however, i encounterd a problem importing this into flash (thats another story!). The text file needs to consist of just a line of text for the import (ie. word1=hello&word2=world), this is how it appears in notepad. But, when opened in a hex editor, it shows that there are stops inbetween every letter/number! (w.o.r.d.1.=.h.e.l.l.o.&.w.o.r.d.2.=.w.o.r.l.d) These are represented as 00 in hex...

I think this may be a problem with my javascript as i am fairly new to the language.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers.

Gav

acoder

Post the code you have used.

GavReynolds

Heres the Javascript code im using

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 <script language=JavaScript>
 
function test() {

output = window.open("", "output", "width=600, height=600, toolbar=no, titlebar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=yes, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, copyhistory=no,"); 
 
output.document.write("word0="+word1_txt.value+"&"+"word1="+word2_txt.value+"&"+"word2="+word3_txt.value+"&"+"word3="+word4_txt.value+"&"+"word4="+word5_txt.value);
 
output.document.execCommand("SaveAs",false,"*.txt")
 
output.close();
 
}
 
</script>

The word1_txt.value are needed for the users input on the main page.

I have recently discovered that i can save as a .doc file and the problem goes, this is ok for a temporary solution however, if it is possible i would rather use .txt.

Cheers

acoder

See this link. Read the section on null bytes.

GavReynolds

Great! This looks like the kind of thing im after! Ill have a go at integrating this with what i've done at the moment.

Thanks for the help!

Gav

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