[Javascript] Using FileSystemObject when on-line

Peter Brunone peter at brunone.com
Tue Jun 18 11:30:35 CDT 2002 

	Actually, I believe that's the point; you can't access the file system with
javascript from a remote web page, because it would be a huge security risk.

-Peter

|-----Original Message-----
|From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
|Behalf Of Rodney Myers
|
|The page below works in IE6.0 in file mode but the same page, when
|loaded from an on-line location, fails with the error :
|
|Line 5:
|Automation server can't create object.
|
|The page is closely based on an example in Pure Javascript by Wyke et
|al.
|The object of the exercise is to prove that a local file can be written
|to hard disk from a file originating on a website.
|
|The development that will result from this will be a site restricted in
|access to a group of company representatives. (i.e. It is most
|definitely NOT for public use.)
|
|Is there something I have to add?
|
|tia
|
|Rodney
|
|
|<html><head>
|<title>Write to testfso_02</title>
|<script type="text/jscript" language="JScript">
|<!--
|// Create a FileSystemObject object.
|var myFileSysObj = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
|
|// Create a TextStream object.
|var myTextStream = myFileSysObj.OpenTextFile("c:\\temp\\testfso_02.txt",
|2, true);
|
|// Write the first string to the file.
|myTextStream.Write("Hello, World!");
|// Write a newline character to the file.
|myTextStream.WriteBlankLines(1);
|
|// Write a second string to the file.
|myTextStream.Write("Hello, World Again!");
|
|// Close the stream to the file.
|myTextStream.Close();
|//--end-->
|</script>
|</head>
|<body>
|<p>This should write to c:\temp\testfso_02.txt</p>
|</body></html>
|

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