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Asked: 2026-06-16T18:34:11+00:00

I am creating a Web App based on JavaScript and HTML5 for content curation

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I am creating a Web App based on JavaScript and HTML5 for content curation work. The web App basically consists of 2 Iframes, when the end user drags data from one iframe to the other iframe(which is a HTML form). The other iFrame which has a HTML form has a “Generate” button.

Through this “Generate” button I want to save the data dragged into the form on the end-users computer as a Text File?

I don’t want to use PHP as that would mean the end-user has to install a server. Is there a way to get a text file through a Web-App?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can not directly create a text-file on the clients computer. The main reason for this are security considerations: If every webpage would be allowed to save data on your computer without any intervention, you would get a big problem. There are multiple possibilites:

    1. Offer the file as a download so the client can save it by himself.

    2. Use Java: You can request the permission to save files on the harddisk from the user. This would involve a Java Applet. Due to its security risk, Java is not supported in every browser.

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