Can you write locally?

PMWD · 27 Aug 2010 at 14:15

I need to write a data collection interface, either Flash or PHP/Javascript. Normally they'd go striaght to a MySQL but the client wants to be able to collect offline as well.

Assuming they won't have PHP running locally, is it possible to get either the Flash or Javascript to write to a CSV/TXT file?

Thanks

Dj_Jestar · 27 Aug 2010 at 14:49

Nope.

Andrew Moore · 27 Aug 2010 at 14:51

delphi.. borland software (paradox system) create a program with integrated facility to upload over FTP to an sql server?

Andy

lokkers · 29 Aug 2010 at 17:20

If you were to take the plunge and use Silverlight, you can write to isolate storage and could conceivably use that like offline storage (I'm considering using it like local cache for an app I'm writing). Alternatively, if you run the app with elevated permissions you can access the users Docs folder IIRC.

Xenoxide · 3 Sep 2010 at 21:48

Using JavaScript and ActiveX you can read and write to the file system, but it'd be IE only, and would throw up a warning message every time unless security was lowered. Look up Scripting.FileSystemObject.