how to know where the file has been saved using a document.execCommand(saveAs).

[chakriroxx]

hi all,

i have a question related to document.execCommand(saveAs).

i need to know the path of the file selected by the user in the saveAs dialog box.
i need to make some changes to the saved file.

if not a direct way is there any work around way to find the location of the file saved?

[chakriroxx]

hi all,

i want to know if there is any to open a saveAs dialog without using execCommand.

my problem is that i want to create file(on his hard disk) with the name the user has entered in a text box and write some data to it.

problems i faced
1. i dont know the path where he has saved the file (if i use execCommand.)
2. even if a file is created , the html is saved in it.

so, if i know where the file is saved i can change its contents or if there is some other method by which i can do it.


please help....

[acoder]

Supply the full path as the third parameter to execCommand - see this link.

[acoder]

i want to know if there is any to open a saveAs dialog without using execCommand.

I've merged the two threads. See the link in the previous post. Please note though that "saveas" is only supported in IE.

[chakriroxx]

Supply the full path as the third parameter to execCommand - see this link.

my question is not that. i want to allow the user to choose the location. i want to leave it to him where he want to store it. but if i know the location where he had stored it i can update it or so.

for that i need to know where he stored it.

so, my question is how to know the path/location which the user had choosen.

hope i am clear now.

awaiting a quick reply.

[acoder]

I don't think that's possible. You could look into a vbscript/ActiveX solution, e.g. using FileSystemObject.

[chakriroxx]

I don't think that's possible. You could look into a vbscript/ActiveX solution, e.g. using FileSystemObject.

but by using filesystemobject will we be able to popup a save as dialog ?

can u let me know how to use it?

or can we create any object of a saveAs dialog box so that we can use something like object.[method] so that we can have access to the path?

[acoder]

I'm not really sure if you can popup a save as dialog using FSO.

Why not just make the changes before writing the file? Then there would be no need to modify the file and figure out where the file was saved.