Textbox editing...

[Ketta]

I know how to read a file system object and output it to the browser page.
The desired result would be to put that file into a textbox on the screen
for a user to modify and then write the file back to the file system. The
concept seems simple enough, read the text file into a variable then some
magic asp will put it into a textbox value, then somehow take that value and
write the file. I know how to write files to the system as well. I am
missing a key piece.. any ideas?

Thanks,
Ketta

[Ray at]

Re: Textbox editing...

Alright, you have the file in a textbox already, so once the user submits
the file, take the request.form("t hatTextbox"), create an FSO object, and
overwrite the existing file with the contents from that textbox.

Ray at home

"Ketta" <no@post.net> wrote in message
news:%23cS6V3Op DHA.3040@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> I know how to read a file system object and output it to the browser page.
> The desired result would be to put that file into a textbox on the screen
> for a user to modify and then write the file back to the file system. The
> concept seems simple enough, read the text file into a variable then some
> magic asp will put it into a textbox value, then somehow take that value[/color]
and[color=blue]
> write the file. I know how to write files to the system as well. I am
> missing a key piece.. any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ketta
>
>[/color]

[Ketta]

Re: Textbox editing...

Well thanks for that part, that will definately help me. But I still do not
have the file in a textbox. It just outputs it to the screen. This is my
code for reading the file and putting it on the screen. I'm a total noob
with ASP btw. This is probably just annoying to have someone like me asking
for help. Now all I need is the code below to output to a textbox....
somehow.


<%
set fso = server.createob ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
set fs = fso.openTextFil e("textfile.txt ",1,true)
response.write replace(replace (fs.readall,"<" ,"<"),vbCrLf,"< br>")
fs.close: set fs = nothing: set fso = nothing
%>

Thank you
Ketta

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane 34 . komm> wrote in message
news:eZKA8HQpDH A.1672@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Alright, you have the file in a textbox already, so once the user submits
> the file, take the request.form("t hatTextbox"), create an FSO object, and
> overwrite the existing file with the contents from that textbox.
>
> Ray at home
>
> "Ketta" <no@post.net> wrote in message
> news:%23cS6V3Op DHA.3040@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..[color=green]
> > I know how to read a file system object and output it to the browser[/color][/color]
page.[color=blue][color=green]
> > The desired result would be to put that file into a textbox on the[/color][/color]
screen[color=blue][color=green]
> > for a user to modify and then write the file back to the file system.[/color][/color]
The[color=blue][color=green]
> > concept seems simple enough, read the text file into a variable then[/color][/color]
some[color=blue][color=green]
> > magic asp will put it into a textbox value, then somehow take that value[/color]
> and[color=green]
> > write the file. I know how to write files to the system as well. I am
> > missing a key piece.. any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ketta
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Ray at]

Re: Textbox editing...


"Ketta" <no@post.net> wrote in message
news:OHE3I4VpDH A.488@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Well thanks for that part, that will definately help me. But I still do[/color]
not[color=blue]
> have the file in a textbox. It just outputs it to the screen. This is my
> code for reading the file and putting it on the screen. I'm a total noob
> with ASP btw. This is probably just annoying to have someone like me[/color]
asking[color=blue]
> for help.[/color]

If I were annoyed, I wouldn't use newsgroups. :]
[color=blue]
> Now all I need is the code below to output to a textbox....
> somehow.
>
>
> <%
> set fso = server.createob ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
> set fs = fso.openTextFil e("textfile.txt ",1,true)
> response.write replace(replace (fs.readall,"<" ,"<"),vbCrLf,"< br>")
> fs.close: set fs = nothing: set fso = nothing
> %>
>[/color]

You can just server.execute the contents of the file, i.e.

http://yoursite/filemod.asp?filename=file.txt :
<%
sFilename = Request.Queryst ring("filename" )
%>

<html>
<form method="post" action="filemod p.asp">
<input name="filename" value="<%=sFile name%>" type="hidden">
<textarea name="fileConte nts" style="width: 500px; height: 800px;"><%
Server.Execute sFilename %></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>



http://yoursite/filemodp.asp :
<%
Dim sFilename, sContents
sFilename = Request.Form("f ilename")
sContents = Request.Form("f ileContents")
If sFilename <> "" Then
Set oFSO = Server.CreateOb ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
Set oFile = oFSO.CreateText File(Server.Map Path(sFilename) , True)
oFile.Write sContents
oFile.Close
Set oFile = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
End If

Response.Redire ct "filemod.asp?fi lename=" & sFilename
%>


Play around with that to see what I mean. But, what you'll want to do first
is create a file named "file.txt" throw a few characters into it, and then
load up the filemod.asp page with the ?filename=file. txt querystring. This
sample has no handling of errors for empty or non-existant files.

Ray at work

[Chris Hohmann]

Re: Textbox editing...

"Ketta" <no@post.net> wrote in message
news:OHE3I4VpDH A.488@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Well thanks for that part, that will definately help me. But I still[/color]
do not[color=blue]
> have the file in a textbox. It just outputs it to the screen. This[/color]
is my[color=blue]
> code for reading the file and putting it on the screen. I'm a total[/color]
noob[color=blue]
> with ASP btw. This is probably just annoying to have someone like me[/color]
asking[color=blue]
> for help. Now all I need is the code below to output to a textbox....
> somehow.[/color]

Wrap the file content in textarea tags like so:

<%
set fso = server.createob ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
set fs = fso.openTextFil e("textfile.txt ",1,true)
Response.Write "<textarea name='myTextAre a' cols='80' rows='10'>"
Response.Write fs.readall
Response.Write "</textarea>"
fs.close: set fs = nothing: set fso = nothing
%>

HTH
-Chris Hohmann

P.S. Your question was not annoying and you don't need to apologize for
being new to ASP. Everyone was once. :) Hope to hear from you again.

[Chris Hohmann]

Re: Textbox editing...

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:O$IcuFWpDH A.2964@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...
[color=blue]
> You can just server.execute the contents of the file, i.e.
>
> http://yoursite/filemod.asp?filename=file.txt :
> <%
> sFilename = Request.Queryst ring("filename" )
> %>
>
> <html>
> <form method="post" action="filemod p.asp">
> <input name="filename" value="<%=sFile name%>" type="hidden">
> <textarea name="fileConte nts" style="width: 500px; height: 800px;"><%
> Server.Execute sFilename %></textarea>
> <input type="submit">
> </form>[/color]

This introduces a significant security hole in the system since it
allows the end user to post/execute code of their choosing. I would
stick with using the FSO.

-Chris Hohmann

[Ray at]

Re: Textbox editing...

That is quite true.

Ray at work

"Chris Hohmann" <nospam@thankyo u.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
> news:O$IcuFWpDH A.2964@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...
>[color=green]
> > You can just server.execute the contents of the file, i.e.
> >
> > http://yoursite/filemod.asp?filename=file.txt :
> > <%
> > sFilename = Request.Queryst ring("filename" )
> > %>
> >
> > <html>
> > <form method="post" action="filemod p.asp">
> > <input name="filename" value="<%=sFile name%>" type="hidden">
> > <textarea name="fileConte nts" style="width: 500px; height: 800px;"><%
> > Server.Execute sFilename %></textarea>
> > <input type="submit">
> > </form>[/color]
>
> This introduces a significant security hole in the system since it
> allows the end user to post/execute code of their choosing. I would
> stick with using the FSO.
>
> -Chris Hohmann
>
>[/color]