Client side file help needed

I have a need to transfer a graphic file to a user's system and then
access that file. I must have the drive letter:\path location of the
file. If at all possible I'd prefer that this not require user input.
(Note that since this is my app and in a corporate network, I have the
server in the Trusted Sites zone and every single action is marked
"Enabled" in the IE security settings and users will be using IE
exclusively.) It doesn't matter to me how the file gets to the
client, save that it get there from IE, and the file is initially
retrieved via a url I give the client. I have even looked into
reading the file out of the IE temporary files but have had no luck.

Does anyone have any idea of how to do this?

rob^_^
Tue Feb 26 14:11:34 CST 2008

Hi es,

Some kind of ActiveX like the Windows Update control?

Regards.

"es330td" <es330td@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a need to transfer a graphic file to a user's system and then
> access that file. I must have the drive letter:\path location of the
> file. If at all possible I'd prefer that this not require user input.
> (Note that since this is my app and in a corporate network, I have the
> server in the Trusted Sites zone and every single action is marked
> "Enabled" in the IE security settings and users will be using IE
> exclusively.) It doesn't matter to me how the file gets to the
> client, save that it get there from IE, and the file is initially
> retrieved via a url I give the client. I have even looked into
> reading the file out of the IE temporary files but have had no luck.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how to do this?

Bob
Tue Feb 26 14:14:08 CST 2008

es330td wrote:
> I have a need to transfer a graphic file to a user's system and then
> access that file. I must have the drive letter:\path location of the
> file. If at all possible I'd prefer that this not require user input.
> (Note that since this is my app and in a corporate network, I have the
> server in the Trusted Sites zone and every single action is marked
> "Enabled" in the IE security settings and users will be using IE
> exclusively.) It doesn't matter to me how the file gets to the
> client, save that it get there from IE, and the file is initially
> retrieved via a url I give the client. I have even looked into
> reading the file out of the IE temporary files but have had no luck.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how to do this?

If you hope to access that file via server-side ASP code, then your hope
is forlorn.
You should go to a client-side group like m.p.scripting.jscript after
researching HTA:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).aspx

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es330td
Tue Feb 26 14:31:39 CST 2008

On Feb 26, 3:14=A0pm, "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01...@NOyahoo.SPAMcom>
wrote:
> es330td wrote:
> > I have a need to transfer a graphic file to a user's system and then
> > access that file. I must have the drive letter:\path location of the
> > file. If at all possible I'd prefer that this not require user input.
> > (Note that since this is my app and in a corporate network, I have the
> > server in the Trusted Sites zone and every single action is marked
> > "Enabled" in the IE security settings and users will be using IE
> > exclusively.) =A0It doesn't matter to me how the file gets to the
> > client, save that it get there from IE, and the file is initially
> > retrieved via a url I give the client. =A0I have even looked into
> > reading the file out of the IE temporary files but have had no luck.
>
> > Does anyone have any idea of how to do this?
>
> If you hope to access that file via server-side ASP code, then your hope
> is forlorn.
> You should go to a client-side group like m.p.scripting.jscript after
> researching HTA:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).a=
spx
>
> --
> Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
> Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
> header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
> quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.

I realized after posting here is that what I really need is client
side VBScript functionality. Thanks for your reponses.