I'm interested in this as well. Can you explain a bit more of how to map a blob to LocalServer?
On Oct 28, 4:02 am, Khookie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my case, I would parse the string into data that can be imported > into a local database. > > Well, I guess if the data can be mapped somewhere on LocalServer, then > I can use xmlhttprequest to get it. > > Cheers > > Chris > > On Oct 28, 1:15 pm, "Chris Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's correct, there isn't a Blob.toString() method. > > > Out of curiosity, how would you use the string after you got it? Did > > you plan to set .innerText or .innerHTML on some element? > > > What if you could map that Blob to a URL, using a method on > > LocalServer? Would that meet your needs? > > > (The LocalServer feature is in progress. On the other hand, it's not > > totally clear to me what toString() should return in all cases, since > > Blobs often contain non-String data....) > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Khookie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Chris > > > > I know about openFiles, but as far as I know, you can't read the > > > contents of the resultant blob can you? I looked at > > >http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_blob.htmlandI can't find out > > > how you can get a string representation of that blob. > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > On Oct 28, 4:50 am, "Chris Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Hope that makes sense... > > > >> Sorry, I still don't understand. > > > >> Doesn't the openFiles() function already do what you > > >> want?http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_desktop.html > > > >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Khookie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > I would like to import & export files on client-side Javascript when a > > >> > Gears application is disconnected. > > > >> > Example: when it's connected, it's not hard to do through something > > >> > like server-side PHP & HTML (i.e. setting the Content-Disposition > > >> > header for downloads & using <INPUT TYPE="file" for uploads)... but I > > >> > would like that capability when it's disconnected. > > > >> > Hope that makes sense... > > > >> > Cheers > > > >> > Chris > > > >> > On Oct 27, 5:42 pm, "Chris Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> Can you explain a little more about what you want to achieve? > > > >> >> I usually think of "access to blob contents" as building up a Blob > > >> >> byte-by-byte. > > > >> >> But for importing text files, that shouldn't be necessary, right? > > >> >> Something like the openFiles() API would allow importing as Blob. > > > >> >> (To answer your other question: one reason direct Blob access hasn't > > >> >> been designed is that there haven't been many concrete use cases yet. > > >> >> It's critical to have a number of important use cases before designing > > >> >> and building a feature!) > > > >> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Khookie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >> > I noticed a few people in the past have voiced concerns about > > >> >> > wanting > > >> >> > to read the contents of a blob. > > > >> >> > I was wondering what the issues are with reading the contents of a > > >> >> > blob on client-side JS? I presume they're security related? > > > >> >> > For my particular use case, I would really like users to be able to > > >> >> > import text files into a local database while disconnected. Right > > >> >> > now, I'm using copy & paste but having access to blob contents would > > >> >> > be so much more usable. > > > >> >> > And also, will client-side file writing be available in the future > > >> >> > as > > >> >> > well? Exactly like the aforementioned scenario above but exporting > > >> >> > text files. > > > >> >> > Cheers > > > >> >> > Chris > >
