can i store data entered on the form to a notepad locally without using any server side scripting

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i want to create a web form. i dont want to send data to any server. but want to store the data entered in the form on my desktop in a text file.

Posted 2-May-10 22:13pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2010-05-02T23:54:00

You can do this using an ActiveX object in JavaScript.

Sample would be something like:

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<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function WriteToFile()
{
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var s = fso.CreateTextFile("C:\\Test.txt", true);
s.WriteLine("Hello");
s.Close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="WriteToFile()">
</body>
</html>

Graham Breach · Answer 2 · 2010-05-02T23:55:00

Solution 2

You can't do that using Javascript, since it has no access to your local filesystem. The nearest thing to that is the new HTML5 client-side storage, but that doesn't sound like what you're after either.

Posted 2-May-10 23:55pm

Graham Breach