Read a File on a local machine using JS

[pyttviper]

Is it possible to read a file on a local machine c:\temp.txt and extract a line from the file into a varible?
If it is possible what is the method to use?

Thanks

Dan0

 

[onpnt]

javascript doesn't have these capabilities. Reading anything on the users machine is a touchy subject and should really not be performed if a method is known.

you can use ActiveX controls but is very inconsistatn as most users are not going to allow the activeX scripting option on their browsers _________________________________________________________
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[pyttviper]

Thanks for the reply, I was hoping that there way but i see now that there is not.

Dan0

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Hm...

While attempting to develop a JS Word Processor, we explored the idea of storing files on a Client machine. If the files are HTML files and you can locate them programatically, then we were able to find them and open them in a separate window.

It was a strange bit of programming...

laughing,
Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door