[thelist] Javascript question

Daniel McMurray mcmurd at ccaa.edu
Mon Aug 7 16:48:01 CDT 2000


> > new window and creates a page on the fly.  However, is there anyway for me
> > to tell the script that it has to output to a specific file that I
> > created, rather than it creating its own?
> 
> No, not with client-side JavaScript. It has no interaction with the server
> (ummm... usually) which is where this output file would have to go.
> 
> You can use ASP, PHP, CGI, etc., etc., etc. to do what you want to do.

At the risk of getting way over my head, in what cases can it interact
with the server?  Can it be done with just JS, and if so, is it insanely
difficult?  I'm not very proficient with Javascript, but even less so with
asp, php, cgi, etc.

Thanks a lot!
Dan






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