How do I save a file generated by my application to the downloads folder when using the WinUI 3 SDK? I know I can use FilePicker to select a file to use in my application but I would like to essentially do the opposite and save a file from my application somewhere or just simply put it into downloads.
This is an example saving the StoreLogo.png file, which is in the Assets folder by default, to the Downloads folder.
using Windows.Storage;
...
// Get the StoreLogo.png file as a StorageFile.
Uri storeLogoUri = new($"ms-appx:///Assets/StoreLogo.png");
StorageFile storeLogoFile = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(storeLogoUri);
// Get the Downloads folder as a StorageFolder.
string downloadsFolderPath = UserDataPaths.GetDefault().Downloads;
StorageFolder downloadsFolder = await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathAsync(downloadsFolderPath);
// Save (copy) the StoreLogo.png file.
await storeLogoFile.CopyAsync(downloadsFolder);
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When downloading a .xlsx file on a server, it automatically converts to .txt when asked for a save path.
You are currently working with SpringBoot, and if you click the download link through the tag in the view, click the .xlsx file.
The method of loading from the specified path.
The problem is that if you specify the href path for tag a as resource/static within the project, the .xlsx file will be downloaded without any problems.
However, if you route to a folder outside the project, the .xls file is downloaded normally, but. The xlsx file is automatically converted to .txt.
The path imported from the external folder is in the form of a request to the controller to return the actual file.
Below is the code that returns the file from the controller.
I'd like to ask those who know about this problem.
#GetMapping
public byte[] file(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(new File().getPath() + "/filemanager/"
+ request.getRequestURI().split(request.getContextPath() + "/filemanager/")[1]);
byte[] image = IOUtils.toByteArray(in);
in close();
return image;
}
I have Flutter app which needs to load dynamic assets and content which I want to save for later use. I know about Assets I can have in build time at the folder "assets/" inside the app.
I want to download content using ZIP files and unzip them to app local folder so they won't delete in the next app update.
what are the folders Flutter allows me to add assets to at runtime?
You cannot dynamically add assets to Flutter app at runtime and that is why Shared_Preferences package was developed by the official Flutter_Dev Team.
https://pub.dev/packages/shared_preferences
If you want to store a File instead of bits of information then refer to the below example code (For a Image File):
Future getImage(ImageSource imageSource) async {
// using your method of getting an image
final File image = await ImagePicker.pickImage(source: imageSource);
// getting a directory path for saving
final String path = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory().path;
// copy the file to a new path
final File newImage = await image.copy('$path/image1.png');
setState(() {
_image = newImage;
});}
If your still want to somehow add/delete files dynamically then the answer is that it is practically not possible because assets weren't designed to dynamically store files.
One should only use assets to store files which shall remain common for all users.
I'm developing an app for Windows Phone 7 and I'm using a Phonegap template for it.
Everything looks perfect, but now I’m stuck trying to open a PDF file in the browser.
I tried the following but that doesn’t work because the url of the PDF exceeds the 2048 character limit (it’s a data url). This code runs after the deviceReady event was fired.
var ref = window.open('http://www.google.com', '_blank', 'location=no');
ref.addEventListener('loadstart', function () { alert(event.url); });
Now, I'm trying to save the PDF file to storage and then I'm trying to have it opened by the browser, but the browser doesn't show anything. I'm editing the InAppBrowser.cs code from cordovalib and I added the following lines before calling browser.Navigate(loc);
private void ShowInAppBrowser(string url)
{
IsolatedStorageFile store = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
FileStream stream = store.OpenFile("test.pdf", FileMode.Create);
BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream);
var myvar = Base64Decode("the big data url");
writer.Write(myvar);
writer.Close();
if (store.FileExists("test.pdf")) // Check if file exists
{
Uri loc = new Uri("test.pdf", UriKind.Relative);
...
}
}
This code is returning the following error:
Log:"Error in error callback: InAppBrowser1921408518 = TypeError: Unable to get value of the property 'url': object is null or undefined"
I don’t wanna use ComponentOne.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You cannot open pdf files from the isolated storage in the default reader for PDF files. If the file is online e.g. it has a URI for it, you can use WebBrowserTask to open it since that will download and open the file in Adobe Reader.
On Windows Phone 8 you actually can open your own file in default file reader for that extension, but I am not sure how that will help you since you target PhoneGap and Windows Phone 7.
Toni is correct. You could go and try to build your own viewer (which would be the same thing as using C1, but with more time involved). I worked on a port of iTextSharp and PDFSharp for WP7, but neither of which are PDF Viewers. They are good for creating PDFs and parsing them some (but to render them there is more work involved). This has been a personal quest of mine, but honestly the best I have gotten is to be able to extract some images from the PDF (and none of the text)
try this
var installedLocation = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;
var assets = await installedLocation.GetFolderAsync("Assets");
var pdf = await assets.GetFileAsync("metro.pdf");
Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(pdf);
This worked correctly on my Device.
Is it possible to upload image or file to SkyDrive fom Metro Style App?
I have already found how to browse the file from SkyDrive. But I haven't found regarding uploading file to SkyDrive. If you reply me, it will be very thankful..
I don't think the file picker method works unless the user has the desktop app installed.
You should use a Sharing contract. If you add a data file (Storage Item) to share, then SkyDrive will be listed as a share target and the user gets a UI where they can choose where in their SkyDrive they want to save. This is how I implemented it in my app.
For more info...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh771179.aspx
You can use FileSavePicker to save files. This will of course give the user a chance to select where he wants to save to local documents folder or sky drive. The user is in control.
FileSavePicker savePicker = new FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
savePicker.DefaultFileExtension = ".YourExtension";
savePicker.SuggestedFileName = "SampleFileName";
savePicker.FileTypeChoices[".YourExtension"] = new List<string>() { ".YourExtension"};
StorageFile file = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
if (file != null)
{
await FileIO.WriteTextAsync(file, "A bunch of text to save to the file");
}
Please note that in the sample code I am creating the content of the file in code. If you want the user to select an existing file from the computer then you will have to first use FileOpenPicker, get the file and then use FileSavePicker to save the contents of the selected file to the SkyDrive
Assuming that you are using XAML/JavaScript, the suggested solution is to use FilePicker.
The following link may help you.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj150595.aspx
Thanks Mamta Dalal and Dangling Neuron, but there is problem. But it looks like I can't use FileSavePicker. I have to upload file(documnet, photo) not only text file. I have to copy from one path to another. If I use FileSavePicker, I have to write every file content (text, png, pdf, etc) and can't copy. Currently I am using FolderPicker. But unfortunately, FolderPicker doesn't support SkyDrive.My Code is As follow:
>FolderPicker saveFolder = new FolderPicker();
>saveFolder.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.Thumbnail;
>saveFolder.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.Desktop;
>saveFolder.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
>StorageFolder storagefolderSave = await saveFolder.PickSingleFolderAsync();
>StorageFile storagefileSave = [Selected storagefile with file picker];
>await storagefileSave.CopyAsync(storagefolderSave,storagefileSave.Name,NameCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
It will be greate that if FolderPicker supports SkyDrive or can copy file using FileSavePicker.
I write a code to check an update for my application which is working fine.
Now what i wants to do is, I have an URL of my update. I wants to save that file in my temp folder silently without user notification(means once user click on "Yes" button of an Update dialog) and then install that file in machine.
I tried a way using "Process.Start" but it opens IE in user's machine and then download the file which i don't want.
You need to programatically download the file.
Use WebRequest and WebResponse, open a stream and save it to a file.
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("YOUR URL");
WebResponse resp = req.GetResponse();
Stream s = resp.GetResponseStream();
// Now save this stream to a file
If you are using Java, you could use the apache commons httpclient library to download the file.