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  • TheCornjerker

    Local storage question

    I'm looking for two mechanisms for a hosted web application.

    One is to allow users to take notes or make comments about a web page
    and have the information stored locally on their computer. The data
    cannot be accessible by the web server. When they browse back to that
    page, the notes appear on the page.

    The second is to have the user be able to enter a url pointing to a
    local file, preferable using the <input type="file"cont rol and
    browse to a file on their C: drive, and have a link created on the web
    page that will launch the application associated with that file and
    display the contents. For example: <a href="file:///C:/MyDocs/
    Book1.xls">My Excel File</a>.

    Are either of these possible with strictly javascript in a browser?
    If not, do you know of any options with regards to plugins that offer
    this functionality.

    Thanks
  • timothytoe

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    Re: Local storage question

    On May 30, 12:51 pm, TheCornjerker <add...@gmail.c omwrote:
    I'm looking for two mechanisms for a hosted web application.
    >
    One is to allow users to take notes or make comments about a web page
    and have the information stored locally on their computer. The data
    cannot be accessible by the web server. When they browse back to that
    page, the notes appear on the page.
    >
    The second is to have the user be able to enter a url pointing to a
    local file, preferable using the <input type="file"cont rol and
    browse to a file on their C: drive, and have a link created on the web
    page that will launch the application associated with that file and
    display the contents. For example: <a href="file:///C:/MyDocs/
    Book1.xls">My Excel File</a>.
    >
    Are either of these possible with strictly javascript in a browser?
    If not, do you know of any options with regards to plugins that offer
    this functionality.
    >
    Thanks
    The first can be done as a Firefox plug-in, of course. I don't see how
    it could be done with JavaScript in the browser.

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