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  • pat
    #1

    ini file access

    hi all.

    am trying to find out how to read/load data from an ini file (and save it
    too)

    thanx in advance

    pat



    Tags: ini-datei javascript
    • Michael Winter
      #2
      Re: ini file access

      pat wrote on 13 Dec 2003 at Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:38:32 GMT:
      [color=blue]
      > am trying to find out how to read/load data from an ini file
      > (and save it too)[/color]

      Certain browsers might be able to read the data into a variable as a
      string (I forget how), but they certainly cannot save it again.
      JavaScript wasn't developed to do that sort of thing.

      Mike

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        • Bart Van der Donck
          #3
          Re: ini file access

          > am trying to find out how to read/load data from an ini file (and save it[color=blue]
          > too)[/color]

          Only if your .ini file resides on the same domain, you can read it by
          javascript in modern browsers. A popular technique is the use of
          iframes:

          <iframe src="C:\YOUR_IN I_FILE.INI"></iframe>

          Saving back is not possible. You 'll need a server process for that.

          Bart

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            • Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
              #4
              Re: ini file access

              Bart Van der Donck wrote:
              [color=blue][color=green]
              >> am trying to find out how to read/load data from an ini file (and save it
              >> too)[/color]
              >
              > Only if your .ini file resides on the same domain, you can read it by
              > javascript in modern browsers. A popular technique is the use of
              > iframes:
              >
              > <iframe src="C:\YOUR_IN I_FILE.INI"></iframe>[/color]

              <OT>

              JFTR:

              If you consider `localhost' a domain and you dare call IE a "modern
              browser" this might work. Generally, not backslashes serve the purpose
              of path delimiters in URIs but forward slashes do. And a URI scheme
              identifier is missing, too, Mozilla/5.0 for example will probably not
              show anything (at least it will only work on Windows.)

              <iframe src="file:///C:/YOUR_INI_FILE.I NI"></iframe>

              could work on Windows as well as

              <iframe src="YOUR_INI_F ILE.INI"></iframe>

              could do everywhere. However, the former will only work if the
              parent document is accessed via the local file system or if the UA
              is borken/unpatched. AFAIK & IIRC, for Mozilla/5.0 the bug has
              been fixed in rv:1.4 (CMIIW), and thus access from `http:' to
              `file:' is no longer possible.
              [color=blue]
              > Saving back is not possible. You 'll need a server process for that.[/color]

              Just to clarify: Server processes cannot and will not access the
              `iframe' element (since it is rendered client-side), but the
              resource it refers to.

              </OT>


              PointedEars
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