Not sure how you would download a local excel file without uploading it first. Use electron or nw.js. The users that want local native integration could simply use the desktop app. With Electrons and ns.js you can resuse 100% of your GWT code.
On 25 October 2016 at 14:06, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > They best approach is to download/click the excel and let the browsers > mime take care of it if possible. > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Alain Ekambi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Why not simply wrap the gwt app with a native shell like nw.js or >> electron? This will give u native access from your gwt app. >> >> Am 25.10.2016 12:26 PM schrieb "Frank" <[email protected]>: >> >>> You can communicate in GWT with applets, and they can launch >>> applications. >>> >>> But applets almost don't work in any browser anymore. >>> >>> I am not sure how jnlp works, but if this can be called in javascript, >>> you can also do it in GWT. GWT can do anything javascript can do. Nothing >>> more, nothing less. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "GWT Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GWT Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alain Ekambi Co-Founder Ahomé Innovation Technologies http://www.ahome-it.com/ <http://ahome-it.com/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
