alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser usingjavascript

[Rakhi]

hello

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !!

wat is happenin in my application is, on calling a method , it make a
file ready to be downloaded . and the browser gives the download
window ,like.., save file or open file etc.. as we generally see.

i want the browser to ask the location to the user .. as to where he
wud like to save the file.

this can be done manually in firefox.. by goin to " tools" and its
"options" and changing the setings in the "main"

is it possible to change this settin using javascript.. ?????

any help wud be useful..

thanks

 

[Erwin Moller]

Rakhi schreef:

hello

i want to alter the download settings of mozilla firefox browser using
javascript of my application !!

wat is happenin in my application is, on calling a method , it make a
file ready to be downloaded . and the browser gives the download
window ,like.., save file or open file etc.. as we generally see.

i want the browser to ask the location to the user .. as to where he
wud like to save the file.

this can be done manually in firefox.. by goin to " tools" and its
"options" and changing the setings in the "main"

is it possible to change this settin using javascript.. ?????

any help wud be useful..

thanks

Hi Rakhi,

I never saw anything to modify this default save folder using JavaScript.
I don't expect such a thing exists either because you own filesystem has
nothing to do with the ideas of of the author of some webpage.
It should be a client preference.

Also, it would make it very easy to infect webnewbies with all kind of
malware, simply by offering a download, and then overwrite some
important systemfile by modifying the path.

Why do you need such a thing anyway?

Regards,
Erwin Moller