auto-download to a specific directory

[DeepBlerg]

Hi,

Is there a script around where a user can press a button and a download screen downloads a file to a specific directory?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[jaredn]

maybe using an ActiveX control, because this would be a security risk ("oh darn, that site just downloaded a new windows.exe to my c:\windows directory )

jared@aauser.com

 

[DeepBlerg]

jaredn,

wouldn't there be a way via html or javascript, because i know nothing much about activex controls. The download window would popup and the user could still choose if he/she wanted to donwload it or not

-Tim

 

[iza]

i'm not jaredn .... but <a href=&quot;your_file.exe&quot;>download now</a> works as you wish ... any extension not known by the browser is asked for download

 

[NickBulka]

Browser security standards dictate that a browser script cannot interact with the user's file system unless the user gives the script permission to do so. This means that you can't even check the drive to see if a specified directory exists. The best you can do is to put some text on the web page instructing them to save the file to the specified directory.

nick bulka

 

[jaredn]

agreed, unless you want to script everybody's favorite object, the FileSystemObject!!!:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/jscript/doc/jsFSOTutor.htm

ha. jared@aauser.com