At 21:31 -0500 03/10/2002, " lingo-l-request"@mail4.fcgnetworks.net wrote:
[someone else]
>>Wondering out loud:
>
>>Depending on what he really wants to do, could he write the
>html file with setpref and construct a file:/// URL that
>points to it?
>
>My project, using text_Files as a database, so I think if
>using html file, it's difficult of access. could you give me
>the methor & any question you want. The problem made me hot
>so I need your cool air. Please!
I don't think that would work, mostly because there's no way to
reliably predict where the Prefs folder will be on the end user's
system. Not only is there no way to determine whether it's in (for
instance) c:\windows\, but there's no way to know what language is
being used for the system directory, or even if the applet is running
on a Windows platform. Furthermore a *smart* virus monitor app will
immediately see what's happening and prevent it. This is a big no-no.
There are very strong net security measures in place to prevent
illicit drive access, and it is pointless to attempt to defeat them.
This is a path which will yield no merit; thus treading it is of no
value.
The only way to make this happen from within a Shockwave file alone
is to have the end user download a stub projector program that
contains the requisite Xtras, which then does a goToNetMovie to get
this to work. Of course then it's not really a Shockwave file alone
any more, but at least it's doable. Anything else is going to either:
1. Require the shock app to communicate with a server-side CGI, which
then constructs pages on demand and opens them in separate browser
windows; or
2. Require the shock app to load some JavaScript-header'd pages that
accept parameters along with a goToNetPage call, and which then
construct key parts of the page before opening them in a window,
allowing them to be saved locally.
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