Creating files on client

[chrscote]

Does anyone know how to write an HTML file to a client's file system? I have an app in which the users will want to have HTML/XML files created on their own machines, but I'm not sure how to have a "Save As" box displayed for the user to input the folder to place the files.

Chris

[Kuriyama]

You can't force a client to download a file, but you can create a file and prompt a save/open dialog box.

[svidgen]

You just need to send the browser to a URL of a zipped version of the HTML/XML, to prevent the browser from rendering the content. The user will be prompted to open or save the file. Just make sure the user knows this is going to happen.

[yamaharuss]

Or just have them save the target:

Here is your file!

To save the file to your computer right-click the link below and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As".. blah blah

Click here