Reading / Writing a text file?

[GlesgaMick]

Ok, it must be one of the most fundamentally useful things in a programming
language, to be able to read and write files.

I want to know how i can do this in Javascript. I want to open a text
file, use it to fill some variables on a webpage. And have that webpage
save any changes.

Is there a single command like the C fopen("filename ", "ra");?

[David Dorward]

Re: Reading / Writing a text file?

GlesgaMick wrote:
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> I want to know how i can do this in Javascript. I want to open a text
> file, use it to fill some variables on a webpage. And have that webpage
> save any changes.[/color]

http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_3

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[Randy Webb]

Re: Reading / Writing a text file?

GlesgaMick wrote:
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> Ok, it must be one of the most fundamentally useful things in a programming
> language, to be able to read and write files.[/color]

Depends on the programming language and its environment.
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> I want to know how i can do this in Javascript. I want to open a text
> file, use it to fill some variables on a webpage. And have that webpage
> save any changes.[/color]

If its running on your local computer, yes, under certain limitations.
If its a Windows based IE, you can use the FileSystemObjec t to read
files from the local drive and then save them, with security permission
given.

If you want to read/write files on a server, you can read them with an
HTTPRequestObje ct but JS has no ability to write files on a server, you
have to do that on the server.
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> Is there a single command like the C fopen("filename ", "ra");?[/color]

Depends on where the files are. Whether they are on the users computer
or on the server. The FileSystemObjec t ActiveX in MSIE on a PC can do
that. Search MSDN.

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[Andrew Thompson]

Re: Reading / Writing a text file?

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 09:41:21 -0400, GlesgaMick wrote:

Given David and Randy have already contributed sensible answers..
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> Is there a single command like the C fopen("filename ", "ra");?[/color]

You mean like..

<wild-ass psuedo-code>
IE.fopen("virus .exe", "e")?
</wild-ass psuedo-code>

[GlesgaMick]

Re: Reading / Writing a text file?

ok, thanks for the help guys, and no, i don't intend to create a virus,
its a uni project i'm working on, a rather annoying project, i won't bore
you with the specific details...