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[Javascript] Please confirm my doubts

  • From: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Rodney Myers)
  • Subject: [Javascript] Please confirm my doubts
  • Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:08:24 +0100
True, in itself.

But in IE and Windows with WSH on files can be accessed and read and
written using FileSystemObject a MS Active-X object.

Before going this route you would have to ask yourself (at least) the
following questions:

1) is the project going to be viable using only Windows systems with
MSIE browsers?
2) can the project support users who have not fgot WSH enabled?
3) do the additional security risks from worms etc through having WSH on
bother us?

Here is a "hello world" type script :


<html><head>
<title></title>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var fso, f1;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
// Get a File object to query.
f1 = fso.GetFile("c:\\sig.txt");
//--end-->
</script>
</head>
<body text='#000000' bgcolor='#ffffff'>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
// Print information.
document.write("File last modified: " + f1.DateLastModified);

//--end-->
</script>

</body></html>


Andrew Dunn wrote:

> 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)?Andrew

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