If you dont mind using Flash in your application. I m about to release version 2.1 of gwt4air wich include a GWT API for Adobe FLEX. Meaning you can add any Flex UI Component to your gwt application and implement client side file processing through them
Here are some demos writing http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/#mx.extended.Export <http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/#mx.extended.Export>reading http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/#mx.extended.Import <http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/#mx.extended.Import>cheers, Alain 2011/4/25 Thomas <[email protected]> > thank you. > > I feared that. > > > On 25 Apr., 14:04, nino ekambi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that you can t do that with a regular browser. In normal case > the > > browser wont let u access to local file system. > > You will to use a plug in like flash. > > > > 2011/4/25 Thomas <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi at all, > > > > > I have a FlexTable showing contents of excel files lying on the local > > > windows filesystem. There should be a trigger in each row which opens > > > the excel file with excel. > > > > > I tried: > > > 1) Html Cell Widget: <a href="file://D:/excels/ > > > sun_is_shining.xls">test</a> > > > 2) Anchor Cell Widget with href "file://D:/excels/sun_is_shining.xls" > > > 3) Button Cell Widget which does a Window.open("file://D:/excels/ > > > sun_is_shining.xls", "_blank", "") > > > > > The behaviour depends on the browser: > > > - IE 8: file download window appears > > > - Firefox, Chrome nothing happen or in case of Window.open empty > > > window is showing > > > > > Is it even possible to trigger an excel file opening with excel? How > > > can i realize this? > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Best Regards, > > > Thomas. > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > -- > > > > GWT API for non Java based platformshttp:// > code.google.com/p/gwt4air/http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/ > > -- > 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. > > -- GWT API for non Java based platforms http://code.google.com/p/gwt4air/ http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/ -- 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.
