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[Javascript] Please confirm my doubts - or help me

  • From: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Dunn)
  • Subject: [Javascript] Please confirm my doubts - or help me
  • Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 08:35:10 +1000
Hi,
   The project I was referring to in my first email is to be a CD based
system. Basically all this system needs to do is display a nice front end
with references to folders and the files (pdf files) in them.

The "nice front end" will have buttons that will have folder names as the
value on the buttons (or perhaps whatever the user decides as the name for
the button).

There will be a set folder that the program will search for the files with
in. Basically the user just wants to stick the folders (with files in them)
in to this set folder and "wholla?" the folder names are displayed on these
buttons and when you click on these buttons all the files in this folder are
displayed.

The client seems to think it would be nice to have it as a web based CD
thing. Is this possible or should I leave it to someone who knows macromedia
director or something similar.

Regards,

Andrew


-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:javascript-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Rodney Myers
Sent: Tuesday, 31 July 2001 11:08 PM
To: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Please confirm my doubts


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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