Write to a file at a specific location on client side

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I'm creating a bit array from info gathered on my form, to be able to save and append it to a specific file on client side. I am able to prompt the user for them to save it, but I don't want to give them a choice of where to save the file. Is there anyway to force the save location, so all the user does it click a button and the file is appended to.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 12:52

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You cant force location nor append to existing file client side.

answered Apr 30 '12 at 12:52

Magnus

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Thanks, I had a feeling that would be the case. – anthro Apr 30 '12 at 12:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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You can not do it there are many security concerns about it. Please follow below link

Read/write to file using jQuery

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Apr 30 '12 at 13:01

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 13:02

For these purposes you can use Silverlight. Here is a link that will explain to you what is Silverlight: Silverlight

Silverlight is easy to integrate with you ASP.NET application, so you should try it out if installing plug-in at the client side is an option.

Here is a link that will help you do your task with Silverlight:

Tutorial for opening and writing to files

Write to a file at a specific location on client side

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