[Javascript] Please confirm my doubts

Tue Jul 31 11:12:42 CDT 2001

An activex or applet object which is registered on the server can then be
downloaded to a client along with the page to access files. The user must
approve the object download.

Normally you wouldn't use the scripting host for this as the VB or java code
has similar file system objects to use and the compiled object is less open
to security hacks.

tom mallard
seattle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Myers" <rodney at aflyingstart.net>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 6:08 AM
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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