On Jul 7, 1:12 pm, Ralph Shnelvar <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to use Rails to > > (1) Download an executable. > (2) Interact with a client to select a directory on the client side > (3) do directory browsing and selecting > (4) create an xml file of parameters, and write the xml file somewhere > or pass it to the executable.
A pure html/javascript web app has no access to the user's file system (beyond the ability for a user to upload a file of their choosing) Fred > > Basically, I'd like to use Rails to create a front-end for my user and, > of course, interact with my Rails server. > > - - - > > Is this doable or am I better off having my client download a > stand-alone Ruby application? If a standalone Ruby application is > better, can someone recommend a GUI that you might suggest? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
