Hello,

I am facing a Big problem with SaveAs Dialog box created using JavaScript.
My requirement is to allow user to enter the File Name in SAve As Dialog Box in which he/she can save the Data.
I am using "document.execCommand('SaveAs','false','ProfileNameToSave.xml');" to do this.
But how can I get the path of File Name from execCommand, entered by user into a variable which can be used further to write the Data.
Also I am able to see only the File types as HTML and txt in Dialog.

No help is available on web on this topic. I am stuck badly with this issue.

Thanks is advance.
Regards,
Sachin

There is no help available on the web, because you can't do it. JavaScript has no access to the file system on your computer, nor should it. It wouldn't be right to allow random websites unfettered access onto any personal computer.

If what you're looking for is the ability to save files on a server (it isn't clear from your question), you need to look into doing this with a server-side programming language. JavaScript also cannot do this.

Thanks for your reply which made good insight into strategy behind such design for a newbee like me !

But I have my stand-alone Static HTML page which takes different inputs (e.g. Employee Name, Age, Address etc.) and saves into a XML file. For this I have few controls like text areas, selection boxes etc. and User press a Save button which allows user to enter the file name and location.
So I wish to save such file on harddisk.

So if JavaScript is not the way, so will you please suggest what can be a good way to do this.

Regards,
Sachin

JavaScript can't save anything to files, so that is out of the question.

What you are describing is basically impossible from inside of a webpage, though there may be some ways to do it on an intranet with browser security settings very low, I'm not sure. On a public internet site, it is not going to happen. Period.

The only alternative I can think of, is save the XML file to the server, then allow it to be downloaded by the user so that it may be placed on his or her computer wherever they please. It would not be retrievable after you did that, but you could always retrieve it from the server if you needed it. A better option would honestly be to use a database, though I'm not sure of your intent here.