Download binary file to local hard drive

[John Beschler]

If this is not the appropriate NG, please help me by telling me where I
should post this question.

I want to keep a collection of Word Documents on the server. (Maybe SQL,
maybe file based - that's another issue)

The question I have is when the client launches my application, I want to
veryify which of those word documents exist on the local drive and, with the
user's permission, save the missing ones to the local hard drive. I know
that I can send the docs to the browser. That's not what I want. I want to
save them directly to the HD. I know this will require both client and
server side pieces. I'm trying to build the client side now.

Thanks,
John

[Jason Brown [MSFT]]

The only way you'd get this to happen is with a signed Client-Side ActiveX
control, and then you're likely to fall foul of security restrictions at the
least, never mind scaring the user (the user will have to accept the control
for installation manually)

So not really an ASP components issue.


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Jason Brown
Microsoft GTSC, IIS

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"John Beschler" <JohnBeschler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:427BE9C7-3648-42D5-8FE7-11883DF10AC7@microsoft.com...

> If this is not the appropriate NG, please help me by telling me where I
> should post this question.
>
> I want to keep a collection of Word Documents on the server. (Maybe SQL,
> maybe file based - that's another issue)
>
> The question I have is when the client launches my application, I want to
> veryify which of those word documents exist on the local drive and, with
> the
> user's permission, save the missing ones to the local hard drive. I know
> that I can send the docs to the browser. That's not what I want. I want to
> save them directly to the HD. I know this will require both client and
> server side pieces. I'm trying to build the client side now.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>