There is also Google Gears: http://gears.google.com/
We are just beginning to evaluate it and it's integration with GWT. Seems like an outstanding solution for a lot of these types of problems. But like Lothar states: your GWT applications are still living in a web browser. There are some very hard and fast rules to what a browser can/can not do. And one of the biggest rules is: you can't get to the file system natively (using HTML/Javascript). This is why the heavier client technologies (Swing, SWT in Java and WinForms in MS Land) remain viable and in some cases, better. Later, Shaffer On Dec 8, 11:15 am, "olivier FRESSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you really, really need to access to the client side, you can use an > applet (signed ! same restrictions regarding the client access...) > There is a GWT/APplet integration project athttp://code.google.com/p/gwtai/ > > I've never tried with GWT, but I've already made this kind of thing with > pure Javascript and an applet. > > regards > > 2008/12/8 Lothar Kimmeringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > MAK schrieb: > > > > I have created a gwt application to add some items, then the > > > application adds the name of the items to a string at client side. If > > > a user wants to save the string, how is possible to save that > > > information locally in GWT (i.e., into a file -- user selects some > > > path from a dialogbox). > > > You have to send the data to the server and create a URL the browser > > should open (e.g. inside an iframe). With the content-type > > application/octet-stream and content-disposition: attachment > > the browser should open a save-as-window independent from the > > real data residing inside (e.g. a text-file). > > > With Javascript/HTML you can't access the local file-system > > or open file-related popups. > > > Regards, Lothar- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
