[Javascript] Trapping "File not Found"

[Senior, Henry (TWIi London)]

Matthew, 

Is this site an intranet and will your users be using IE?

If so you can create a filesystemobject and have a look what's in the cd
drive or map a path to any file you like.


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From: "Stern,Matthew" <matthew.stern at bestsoftware.com>
To: "Post to JavaScript Forum (E-mail)" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:49:16 -0700
Subject: [Javascript] Trapping "File not Found"
Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu

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Hello,
 
I'm using JavaScript to create an HTML page that is the startup screen for
installation. The challenge is that the programs that can be launched from
this screen might be on two CDs. I'd like to find a way to trap the "File
not Found" error and show an alert that instructs the user to insert the
correct CD. (If there is a better way to do this, please let me know.) Note
that I'm not expecting the CD to be a specific drive letter. It could even
be a path on a network. Thanks in advance for your help.
 

Matthew Stern 
Principal Technical Writer
Best Software
 <mailto:matthew.stern at bestsoftware.com> matthew.stern at bestsoftware.com
http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com <http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/> 



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