Overwrite files automatically?

Question

HiI'm writing an Air app that creates and writes an HTML page to the user's hard drive.  If the file already exists, it should be overwritten.I was wondering if there is a way via AS3 to stop the prompt that asks if the users wants the file overwritten, and just automatically do it each time? The Air program takes the contents of a text box (which contains the HTML page code) and then writes page.php to the hard drive.  The code I use is this:docsDir = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath( "page.php" );docsDir.browseForSave("Save As");docsDir.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, saveData);function saveData(event:Event):void{    var newFile:File = event.target as File;    var str:String = outputBox.text;    var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();    stream.open(newFile, FileMode.WRITE);    stream.writeUTFBytes(str);    stream.close();}Is it something simple, or can it not be done due to security restrictions?

Kenneth Kawamoto · Accepted Answer

If you just open a file and write it AIR does not prompt you - there's nothing to prompt.

The reason you get the prompt is you are calling browse. There's no need for that, unless you want the user to choose the file name/location.

For example the following will create a text file on desktop without any prompts whatsoever:

var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("test.txt");
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
stream.open(file, FileMode.UPDATE);
stream.writeUTF("this is a test");
stream.close();

kglad · Answer

that's an operating system alert and you can't thwart that with anything in air.

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