A Question About FSOs !!

[@(none)]

I am trying to write a file on the server ( currently my local machine )
using FSO, but am having problems.

I have the following code ( which I got from several sources - mainly
http://sislands.com/coin70/week10/asp/fsobj.htm and have inserted this
both inside a function and outside.

var fso;
ForAppending = 8
fso = new ActiveXObject( "Scripting.File SystemObject" );
var selects = fso.OpenTextFil e(
"/home/mas/tradeFiles/webSite/files/selections.txt" , ForAppending, true,
false );
selects.WriteLi ne( "Hello" );


Problem is as soon as it gets to the 4th line ( selects = fso...........
) the browser hangs. Isuspected there may be a setting in the browser
but this doesn't seem to be the problem ( Mozilla ), now I suspect
javascript may need some sort of include statement ( does it have such a
concept ?? )

Has anyone out there actually created and written to a file in
javascript ?? The two books I have don't even make reference to file
operations ( I know I'll get the O'Reilly book next week ;-) )

Hope someone can help !! Thanks.

[Randy Webb]

Re: A Question About FSOs !!

none wrote:
[color=blue]
> I am trying to write a file on the server ( currently my local machine )
> using FSO, but am having problems.[/color]

FSO has no access to write to the server. It can only write to the Hard
Drive.
[color=blue]
> I have the following code ( which I got from several sources - mainly
> http://sislands.com/coin70/week10/asp/fsobj.htm and have inserted this
> both inside a function and outside.
>
> var fso;
> ForAppending = 8
> fso = new ActiveXObject( "Scripting.File SystemObject" );[/color]

Did the website tell you that Mozilla doesn't support ActiveXObject or
does it tell you to check Mozilla's JS Console? Tools>Web
Development>Jav ascript Console.

[color=blue]
> var selects = fso.OpenTextFil e(
> "/home/mas/tradeFiles/webSite/files/selections.txt" , ForAppending, true,
> false );
> selects.WriteLi ne( "Hello" );[/color]

Mozilla reports the following:

Error: ActiveXObject is not defined
Source File:
file:///C:/Documents%20and %20Settings/Randy/My%20Documents/test4.html
Line: 12
[color=blue]
>
> Problem is as soon as it gets to the 4th line ( selects = fso...........
> ) the browser hangs. Isuspected there may be a setting in the browser
> but this doesn't seem to be the problem ( Mozilla ), now I suspect
> javascript may need some sort of include statement ( does it have such a
> concept ?? )[/color]

Yes. <script src="someFile.j s"....> But it's irrelevant to your problem.
[color=blue]
> Has anyone out there actually created and written to a file in
> javascript ??[/color]

Yes, you can't do it in Mozilla though. Its an IE-only item.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq

[@(none)]

Re: A Question About FSOs !!

Randy Webb wrote:[color=blue]
> none wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I am trying to write a file on the server ( currently my local machine
>> ) using FSO, but am having problems.[/color]
>
>
> FSO has no access to write to the server. It can only write to the Hard
> Drive.
>[color=green]
>> I have the following code ( which I got from several sources - mainly
>> http://sislands.com/coin70/week10/asp/fsobj.htm and have inserted this
>> both inside a function and outside.
>>
>> var fso;
>> ForAppending = 8
>> fso = new ActiveXObject( "Scripting.File SystemObject" );[/color]
>
>
> Did the website tell you that Mozilla doesn't support ActiveXObject or
> does it tell you to check Mozilla's JS Console? Tools>Web
> Development>Jav ascript Console.
>
>[/color]

No but I had my doubts !![color=blue][color=green]
>> var selects = fso.OpenTextFil e(
>> "/home/mas/tradeFiles/webSite/files/selections.txt" , ForAppending,
>> true, false );
>> selects.WriteLi ne( "Hello" );[/color]
>
>
> Mozilla reports the following:
>
> Error: ActiveXObject is not defined
> Source File:
> file:///C:/Documents%20and %20Settings/Randy/My%20Documents/test4.html
> Line: 12
>[/color]

Mine just hangs !![color=blue][color=green]
>>
>> Problem is as soon as it gets to the 4th line ( selects =
>> fso........... ) the browser hangs. Isuspected there may be a setting
>> in the browser but this doesn't seem to be the problem ( Mozilla ),
>> now I suspect javascript may need some sort of include statement (
>> does it have such a concept ?? )[/color]
>
>
> Yes. <script src="someFile.j s"....> But it's irrelevant to your problem.
>[color=green]
>> Has anyone out there actually created and written to a file in
>> javascript ??[/color]
>
>
> Yes, you can't do it in Mozilla though. Its an IE-only item.
>[/color]
No there was nothing in any of the stuff about it being IE specific (
ActiceX ) but I did gather that JS was not file friendly o. Bit of a
bugger really but I suppose I can see the sense behind it.

Thanks for the answer !!

[Robert]

Re: A Question About FSOs !!

In article <41df464f$0$538 3$afc38c87@news .optusnet.com.a u>,
"@(none)" <""mas\"@(none) "> wrote:

[color=blue]
> Has anyone out there actually created and written to a file in
> javascript ?? The two books I have don't even make reference to file
> operations ( I know I'll get the O'Reilly book next week ;-) )[/color]

And you like to read the password file?

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

4.3 How can I access the client-side filesystem?

Security means that by default you can't. In a more restricted
enviroment, there are options (e.g. live connect to Java in NN, and
using FileSystemObjec t in IE) check http://groups.google.com/ for
previous posts on the subject.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/jsobjFileSystem.asp

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-1998/jw-10-apptowin32.html

Robert