you can use php to create a server side script that will create a file
from data you will send via post request and  alink to the file
this way u will create save  button that will be a download link to a
file in the server side
loading shold be even easier since it just a file upload

On 10 מאי, 21:45, David Given <d...@cowlark.com> wrote:
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> I have a rich app client that wants to be able to construct data
> algorithmically and save the result; it also wants to be able to read a
> local file, and process it locally.
>
> [No, I do *not* want unrestricted access to the filesystem from the
> client! I want to do all this via standard file load/save dialogues
> mediated by the user, like a sane app does.]
>
> I can save data by constructing a data: URL, invoking it, and the web
> browser will pop up a save dialogue to the user; this is ideal.
>
> Unfortunately the only way I've found in classic HTML of loading data is
> to use a file upload field, but that doesn't let the client see the data
> - --- it sends it straight to the server. Apart from being a waste of time
> and bandwidth, my app may not *have* a server (instead running entirely
> locally).
>
> Are there any new techniques I'm not aware of that will allow me to
> prompt the user for a file and then be able to get the contents of the
> file into a client-side structure so I can process it?
>
> I'm willing to use Gears or HTML5 if necessary, but I'd prefer to use
> stock HTML/JS if possible.
>
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