I know there are morality issues, and not that I can prove it but I'd only
have used it in legit situations involving the user going to the page to get
the file knowing thats what they were doing. but thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Server <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:47 AM
Subject: RE: Creating Shortcuts & Folders
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this but can someone
> > tell me if
> > Cold Fusion could create a folder on a user's computer? And if so can it
> > also create shortcut files inside that folder?
> >
> ColdFusion can't do this. It would only be able to push a file to the
user
> using CFContent or other methods, which the user could then chose to
> download and save.
>
> To be honest, there are serious morality issues about web applications
> making changes to the client computer. This is the reason a lot of
> companies block Java at the firewall and on their network, because Java is
> capable of this kind of functionality and is easily open to abuse.
>
> I would strongly recommend considering what it is that you are actually
> trying to do and seeing if there are other more appropriate solutions.
>
> Regards
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
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