Solutions To Allowing Intranet/local File Access In An Html5 Application?

I am all too aware of the fact that even with the new FileAPI it's not possible to access the local path of a file added using a file input field or drag-and-drop. Whether or not t

Solution 1:

You'll probably have to use something that runs in the browser like flash or silverlight.

Since it's an internal app I would use silverlight as everything else is in .NET. It should be enought to only make the file access part in the plugin.

Here is an article about local file access: https://www.wintellect.com/silverlight-4-s-new-local-file-system-support/

Solution 2:

does the server hosting the site have access to the network of pc's?

you could just list all the files that way.. build a small ajax script like a file dialog that will have php or whatever sending back the structure

no plugins needed, works on all browsers... :)