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  1. Aug 9th, 2002, 04:41 AM #1
    Dave&Dave
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    Question Download file to client

    When a user hits a particular area of the site, I need a text file to be installed in a particular location of their windows directory. The text file is used to populate a menu. Creating an executable to create this file is too messy, initialising the SaveAs option & instructing the user is also undesirable, and I believe client-side scripting (VBScript, JavaScript) won't allow me to access the clients file system (for obvious reasons).

    Does anybody know how I can deliver this text file to the client with as little pain as possible?
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  2. Aug 9th, 2002, 04:55 AM #2
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    This may be a stupid answer but can you use a COKKIE?

    Just thought that as a COOKIE is a text file stored on the client PC then maybe that would do the job?
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  3. Aug 9th, 2002, 05:18 AM #3
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    Sorry, forgot to mention - I want to avoid using cookies. Thank you.
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  4. Aug 9th, 2002, 05:42 AM #4
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    couldnt you store the info on the server in a DB instead?? and use a cookie to tell which user need which data?
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