urldownloadtocachefile

Does anyone know if it is possible to call urldownloadtocachefile() from
javascript? I need to download a file from a url to a temp directory
for printing.

Thanks
Clive


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"Clive Moore" <helloclive (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Does anyone know if it is possible to call urldownloadtocachefile()
from
javascript? I need to download a file from a url to a temp directory
for printing.

I'm going to assume you're talking about IE on Windows only here,
because there would be no way of using URLDownloadToCacheFile() from
other browsers without having them execute a WSH script or something
(assuming the other browser is even running on Windows).

There is no way to do this in the default browser security environment.
Besides, the only control you have over printing in the default browser
security environment would be to call window.print();

The way to retrieve a document into the cache is to load it in a browser
instance:

var w = window.open('yourpage.html');

or set the location of a <frame> or <iframe>. Then call window.print();

However, it appears you want far more control than this, which means you
probably want to host your application in a HTA <url:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...taoverview.asp
/>.

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Thanks For the Reply Grant.

I have an (3rd party) ActiveX control that can handle printing so long
as i pass
a File location on the client pc (not a url). This activex object
is called from javascript. What i am trying to do is figue a way to
copy the file(s) from the web server to the client machine and in so
doing
pass the path to the activeX control for printing.

I dont want the user to have any interaction (e.g. popup dialogs etc).

Any Ideas?

Thanks Again
Clive





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