save a file on a local machine from a flex web app

is there a way to save, not save as, from an online flex app onto someone's local machine? Basically, if a user opens a file local to their machine in an online flex app, is there a way to allow them to save it locally without going through dialog boxes and picking file names?

Note:开发者_运维百科 I've read that this is possible on Air, but seems unlikely in Flex - my hope is that some workaround may exist...

thx!

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No. For security reasons, the online application does not have access to the user's harddrive. This is why the "save as" functionality has been added. It allows the user to choose to save a file.