JavaScript: Save Target As / Save Link As

[Jules]

When you right click on a link you get the option to save target as...(ie) and save link as...(netscape). Is there some JavaScript to call this function like the JavaScript to open a new window?

[Matt Mickiewicz]

Hi Jules

You might try asking your question in the WSAbstract.com Forums if nobody here knows the answer. They have quite a number of JavaScript gurus hanging out there.

[Hierophant]

Javascript has no capabilities to write to the client machine except under signed scripts from Netscape.

Since this is the case, I would say that you can't do that with a normal script... In IE you could use ActiveX to do so.

[Vincent Puglia]

Hi,

The simple answer: no. As Luke implies, javascript has no real i/o capabilities. You cannot call up the save as dialogs since they are part of the operating system (windows) and javascript doesn't let you fiddle with other people's machines. Yes, you can do it with vb and activeX, but that implies the user must download the activeX control -- and I really don't see most people doing so from an unknown, unsecure site (fear of viruses, which are often transmitted through visual basic applications).

Vinny