change the download settings using javascript.

[Rakhi]

hello

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !!

wat is happenin in my application is, on calling a method , it make a
file ready to be downloaded . and the browser gives the download
window ,like.., save file or open file etc.. as we generally see.

i want the browser to ask the location to the user .. as to where he
wud like to save the file.

this can be done manually in firefox.. by goin to " tools" and its
"options" and changing the setings in the "main"

is it possible to change this settin using javascript.. ?????

any help wud be useful..

thanks

 

[Bart Van der Donck]

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !!

wat is happenin in my application is, on calling a method , it make a
file ready to be downloaded . and the browser gives the download
window ,like.., save file or open file etc.. as we generally see.

i want the browser to ask the location to the user .. as to where he
wud like to save the file.

this can be done manually in firefox.. by goin to " tools" and its
"options" and changing the setings in the "main"

is it possible to change this settin using javascript..  ?????

Javascript cannot do this by default. It is (very) maybe possible with
extremely lowered security settings. But then, how could you know
which directories exist on the visiting client ? You seem to be
interested in Firefox only. My best bet, except dissuading from your
plan, would be https://addons.mozilla.org/ .

Hope this helps,

 

[T.J. Crowder]

If you make the file download available as a link on the page, your
users can always right-click and choose "Save file as..." rather than
simply clicking and getting the default behavior. Perhaps this is a
user-education thing, putting some instructions next to the link, etc.

FWIW...

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !! [...]

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[Laurent vilday]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn a écrit :

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !! [...]

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