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[Javascript] Please confirm my doubts

  • From: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Christophe Lancian)
  • Subject: [Javascript] Please confirm my doubts
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:09:30 +0200
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tables with headings that do not scrollI confirm... that is impossible. =
JavaScript cannot search for, read or write to files.


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  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Andrew Dunn=20
  To: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx=20
  Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:03 PM
  Subject: [Javascript] Please confirm my doubts


  Hi,
      I'm wondering if anyone can confirm my doubts that JavaScript does =
not have access to files on a computer. ie. If I had three folders on a =
computer javascript could not read their names or the files in them =
dynamically (if the files changed)?
  =20
  Andrew

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  Dunn</A> </DIV>
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  href=3D"mailto:javascript@xxxxxxxxxx"=20
  title=3Djavascript@xxxxxxxxxx>javascript@xxxxxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 31, 2001 =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Javascript] Please =
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  doubts</DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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  class=3D990180212-31072001>Hi,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D990180212-31072001>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm=20
  wondering if anyone can confirm my doubts that JavaScript does not =
have access=20
  to files on a computer. ie. If I had three folders on a computer =
javascript=20
  could not read their names or the files in them dynamically (if the =
files=20
  changed)?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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  class=3D990180212-31072001><SPAN=20
  class=3D990180212-31072001></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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  =
class=3D990180212-31072001>Andrew</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>=
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