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casraf
casraf

Reputation: 21694

Writing to Text file using JS only

I need to write to a text file using JavaScript. I have a machine I need to run some HTML file on and it uses JS to manipulate content. I want to log the changes the user makes in a text file, and the computer does not have and will never have any server-side scripting language. So I just wanna know how to append text to a txt file using JS only. Alternatively, running a batch script upon JS call that will do the work itself, is a good equivalent, but I'm sure it's the same level of difficulty...

The script will work on an IE only machine, but I need to be able to test it on other browsers as well... So I'm not sure how and if ActiveX works on Chrome for example, but if it doesn't, I need another solution... Help please! :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 326

Answers (2)

casraf
casraf

Reputation: 21694

Not exactly the solution I was looking for, but I ended up using cookies, which limits the amount of data I can hold to very little, but beats nothing.

Upvotes: 1

Jeffrey Sweeney
Jeffrey Sweeney

Reputation: 6124

While there's some promise with the new File API, you'll probably need to go with a server-sided language for reliable file-writing.

Some possible alternatives are to 'write' the changes to the localStorage, or perhaps to create a URI download. There's plenty of tutorials online for setting these up. Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

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