I guessed that was the case. The only browser alternative then is to build a .NET control and host in an aspx page (messy as each client needs the .net framework runtime) but that should be quite common amongst the users I will be dealing with.
Thanks for the pointers... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: 27 October 2005 16:55 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation Director can utilize setPref/getPref; a browser safe way of reading and writing to text files. However, you have no control over where these text files are, and cannot easily get to them (buried in some weird documents and settings area). In all cases, you must be in an exe (Director, mProjector, etc.), no browser. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Weekes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:45 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation Thanks for the comments Jesse. One question on Director though (before going waaay OT), is it possible to perform local file write operations while still in the browser, or do these have to be projector files, i.e. standalone executables? Thanks, Nick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: 27 October 2005 00:08 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation Flash cannot write to the local file system; it can read. To write, you'll need a 3rd party projector (mProjector, SWFStudio, Zinc, Screenweaver [open source]), or Macromedia Director. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Weekes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:55 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation Hi all, Im trying to get my head around the capabilities of Flash/Flex for the following simple scenario: 1) Load a text file (csv/txt etc) from the local file system into a flash object 2) Convert this object into properly formatted xml 3) Save to local file system On PC this sort of thing is traditionally done using a windows application, but I would like to know how much of this I can achieve in a flash environment. I have a .NET server/SQL server too, but Im hoping this can all be done client-side so I don't have to upload the data and then re-download it. Any thoughts/ideas appreciated. Cheers, Nick _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
