I am trying to write a widget which will be used to attach notes to documents. So I am trying to setup a mock environment to simulate this. My main focus is the notes for the documents, which I can store anywhere, but I had thought I'd store them at the end of the files I am viewing. Is there a place I can store the data files to be access the way I need without a lot of trouble? :)
On Aug 16, 3:33 pm, Jim Douglas <jdou...@basis.com> wrote: > Set aside implementation details for a second; what are you actually > trying to accomplish? > > The short answer, to respond to the question as you've phrased it > here, is that it's impossible(*) to write a browser-based application > (with GWT, hand-crafted JavaScript, or any toolkit) that will > programmatically retrieve a list of files on the client. Browser > security rules forbid anything like that (for obvious reasons -- it > would be Very Not Good if any random web page had the ability to go > snooping around in your filesystem). > > (*) In this context, "impossible" disregards messing around with local > security policy files and/or using browser-specific hacks. > > On Aug 16, 12:14 pm, DemiSheep <andre.fl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am using the Google Toolkit and I have created a widget with a > > listbox, vertical split panel and a couple of buttons. What I am > > trying to do is have a list of files in a local directory listed in > > the listbox and I want to be able to click on a file and have it > > displayed in the top part of the split panel. I found out the hard way > > about browsers and file IO and not being able to use java.io.File. > > > What are my options? Can I put the data files inside a jar or > > something and have the widget read it in that way? I need to do this > > as a test run, to implement an new feature with working with the data. > > It's not going to be any kind of final server hosted application, I am > > not concerned about how the actual files will be loaded in the future. > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > Respectfully, > > DemiSheep -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
