Bluebeam or Adobe SaveAs via Submit button using JS - javascript

I am trying to see if anyone knows of a workaround to do a save-as using a submit button within a PDF. I have a working version using Trusted functions in Adobe, but for our needs would like to avoid having our end-users from placing .js files in the trusted location on their machines.
The reason I am trying to do a save-as is to simply rename the output file with the date and username and place the files in a centralized location for data collection.
We are aware of using Adobe to distribute and receive responses from end-users... but as mentioned above we are using both platforms, and also have some DirectX issues.
I have also created the same Form in Microsoft Forms and I personally feel like this may be our best option in rolling this out, but before we wrote anything off, I figured I would try and see if there are any other options using JS and PDF's.

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Download page as PPT in JavaScript

I am planning to create a React frontend which handles HTML presentations. Besides letting the users present online, they should also be able to download their HTML presentation as PPT (like Google Slides).
I have not yet decided on what package to use for creating the presentations, but most of the packages seem to only support the typical print-download (the PDF that is converted from the HTML when you press cmd/ctrl + P). One exception is PptxGen, but that package is not an option for me (because of reasons not related to this question).
Is there a way for me to download a HTML page to PPT?
(There are multiple ways to download html to PDF - jsPDF being one. If it's cumbersome to download html as PPT, perhaps it's possible to converting html -> PDF -> PPT and then download it? Any advice?)
Thanks in advance!
Even after extensive searching, I did not find any other open-source library that handles direct HTML-to-PPT conversions, apart from PptxGenJS, so we can conclude that if you want a direct conversion, that's your only option.
There are some other ways to do this though, one that you mentioned is converting to PDF, then to PPT. I have found a service that can do both conversions, called Cloudmersive. They seem to have a free tier, and a Javascript API client that you can use from your frontend, so this is probably worth giving a try. If this managed service also doesn't suit your needs for any reason, you can still handle the conversions yourself, for example, with jsPDF and
pdf-officegen.

Is there any way to edit a local file through a web page without running server software?

I've a web working on a web page that's basically just a big table of links. I use javascript to read from a text file, parse it, and create a table based on that.
I'd like to be able to have a button on the page to add new a row of links and add them to the text file (or another file type if it's better).
I know you can accomplish this with php, node.js, and others, but all the methods I've found require server software to be running. Is there any way around this? For example, is there a way to use javascript to call a python script, or any other way?
The page is just for personal use, so I'd like to avoid running server software just to use it if possible. I know you can set it to download a text file, and you can save it in the same location, but I'd also like to avoid that.
From the research I've done, it doesn't seem possible, but I just thought I'd ask before I give up. Thanks in advance.
You can only read from files locally in browser with javascript.
This would be a huge security vulnerability if scripts in browsers could write files to your machine.

PHP & JavaScript select and setup printers

Take a look on the screenshot above, it's an Windows based app. I was wondering if this possible to done in PHP & JavaScript?
What I want to achieve is, user in module 1, will automatically select printer #1 and print it directly without display the print dialog. For module 2 will use printer #2.
I know this may sounds impossible due to security issue. But just share to me any possible solution that you know. Thank in advanced.
UPDATE: Feb 18, 2016 17:40
The module that I mention will actually generate a PDF file, I not sure if this matter.
Finally I have figured out the solution.
I create a C# Windows Form application as a wrapper, by using CefSharp, then I load the web app inside
From the Windows app, I can get the installed printers, and inject the list via JavaScript to the browser. Then it can be saved.
For my case, I need to print out the downloaded pdf file directly, thus I use Foxit to print it out. (by running batch script in C# app)
I have blog it down, refer here

How to make a HTML file auto savable?

I need to create a single html where the person can input text in text fields, then click a button and save the file itself, so he wont lose changes. The idea is similiar to what wysiwyg does to html documents, but I need that to be implemented on the doc itself.
Where do I start from? I can't find anything like that on Google, perhaps I'm searching the wrong therms.
Need something that uses HTML + Javascript, no server side scripting.
JavaScript alone does not have the ability to modify files on your file system. All browsers do this for (good) security reasons. You will not be able to make changes to the html document itself (but according to the comment by Sean below, you might be able to produce a new copy of the document).
You might try using cookies to store the input values (automatically write them and load them when the document opens). There are various jQuery plugins available to aide in reading and writing cookies.
In business or enterprise systems this is usually done with a database, which would require server-side scripting.
I think most of these answers are incorrect. Using the FileSystem API, content is only saved to a sandboxed hidden folder, the user has no control as to where it is saved.
As suggested by Sean Vieira, using TiddlyWiki is a good solution.
However, if you want to customise it, you can make a Flash/JS bridge in which the Flash SWF saves the actual content.

Async file upload in IE 9 and 10 only

Objective
I am creating a web application and have been looking for an async file upload solution other than iframe and form support.
Browser Support
I am fully willing to exclude everything but IE9+. IE tends to be the browser I have the most trouble with.
Goal
I have a table and I want to be able to click on a link, show a file dialog and then upload the file immediately after selection. No page refresh.
More specifically I am trying to figure out how Trello does their file uploads. After looking through the javascript, I found that they bind the the file input to an on change listener, but after that I can't see what they are doing. Im under the impression that they use websockets with node.js to transfer data, but after doing a little research, most people say that websockets wouldn't be good for that. Trello blocks all versions of IE except 9 and 10 so I looked into HTML5 File upload think that may be a solution. However, after some research IE9 does not support the HTML5 File API.
Question
So finally I am looking for some way to upload files without the iframe and form solution. Can someone list the possible methods I could use?
Sidenote
I am using Rails for backend and Ember.js for front end.
If the browser does not support the File API and XMLHttpRequest level 2, there is no other way to upload files in an async/"ajaxy" manner other than reverting to the hidden iframe method. You could, of course, use Flash or Java, but neither of those (especially Java) seem like a good solution to me.
Regardless of the browser, you will have to include a file input element on the page if you want to provide a file chooser for the user. The onchange listener you speak of is vital to determining when the user has actually selected a file or files. In browsers that support the File API, you can also allow users to drop files they wish to upload onto your page. This behavior alone does not require a file input element.
IE9 and older do not support the File API.
I'm quite familiar with this territory as I maintain a fairly popular javascript-only upload library: Fine Uploader.

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