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Posted by greg_e on 08/18/07 21:45
On Aug 17, 7:44 pm, mbstevens <NOXwebmast...@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
> gre...@mail.com wrote:
> > Is there a way to create a form in a local html file where the
> > contents of the form are written to a local file when a 'save' button
> > is selected?
>
> > It would be nice if it was as easy as changing "somesite.com" to
> > "file:///C:/whatever" and "post" to "save"... in the following form:
> > <form action = "somesite.com" method="post">
> > <p> <textarea name="Text" rows="20" cols="80"> </textarea>
> > <input value="Send" type="submit"><input type="reset"> </p>
> > </form>
>
> > I would like to do this without using javascript, and without having
> > to set up a local server to serve the form.
>
> > Any help appreciated.
>
> It is not really that hard to set up a local server with CGI or LAMP, if
> you feel you really *must* use a local html file.
>
> On the other hand, Python comes with Tk and has hooks to other
> easy to use GUI packages, which might make more sense to use locally.
> Perl and Ruby have similar hooks. Is there anything really magic
> about an html file for your uses?
I basically just need a local page I can load in Firefox that will
make Firefox act like notepad, where you can save a text area to a
file, but I don't even need to be able to select the filename, like
you can do with notepad - the filename can be hardcoded.
If there is no way to do this without setting up a server and
installing Perl, etc. to process the script, what is the smallest &
simplest server, and what is the smallest and simplest script
processor? I don't need more functionality, and doubt I will ever use
it for anything else.
I learned and used 'c' several years ago, but I don't even have a 'c'
compiler now.
Thanks
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