Can't save data on a local disc from Flash Player plugin in Firefox

Report · Oct 11, 2016

Hello,

from some of the last Firefox version I can't save data from Flash Player applications.

Expected behavior that works in some of old Firefox version (I checked in v. 31):

1) I click on some button in a Flash application

2) a dialog window opens

3) I set a folder and a filename, click "Save"

4) success, I have a file on the local disc with a content provided by flash application

How it looks in the last version of Firefox:

1) I click on some button in the Flash application

2) a dialog window opens

3) I set a folder and a filename, click "Save"

4) some security popup appears that I don't have permissions to save in this folder and propose me to save in another folder like My Documents. Weird but I click OK

5) it transfers me to the My documents folder, I try to save in this proposed folder but those permission popup appears again and again until I click Cancel

6) as a result I can't save anywhere One addition - if I select some existed file (like I want to rewrite it) there is no permission popup, but flash player throws a Input/Output Error.

I googled this problem but haven't found anything similar, that's weird too..

So, I look forward for your help.

OS: Windows 7 x64

Browser: Firefox 49.0.1

P.S. in Chrome it works.

Report · Oct 12, 2016

Hi,

Is the issue specific to Flash Player only or it exists with other sources too. If latter, try running Firefox as an administrator.

Report · Oct 12, 2016

The issue is specific to Flash Player. When I try to download something without Flash it just downloads to the Download Firefox's folder.

Also I tried to run as an administrator - doesn't help (

Can anyone check this simple code on his own machine?

//of course in some user's input handler

var fr: FileReference = new FileReference();

fr.save("test", "test.txt");

Report · Oct 12, 2016

What are the local storage settings currently for you, is it allowed or denied. You may check it from Control Panel -> Flash Player -> Storage

Report · Oct 12, 2016

The setting is Allow sites to save information on this computer

I'm not sure but think that this setting is for saving SharedObjects, while I'm trying to save a file by a dialog window via FileReference class.

Report · Oct 12, 2016

The setting is surely for SharedObjects, just wanted to verify. The code is working for me on firefox as well Chrome. Is there any workaround?

Report · Oct 12, 2016

I tried the same swf on my PC and on friend's PC. On friend's PC it works OK. Also I asked him to build this example on his machine and give it to me. The same thing - it doesn't work on my machine (I hoped that problem is in SDK version). Weird.

Browser and flash player versions are the same..

It would be not a big problem if this thing happens only on my PC, but it also happens with our client

And I can't find any workaround.