View images from local machine folder using javascript

[surajhs]

hi,

I need to view local machine folder images list in div tag and on click of that link should display images in img tag in php page.

Thanks in advance,

Kind Regards,
Suraj

[acoder]

You can't access the local file system using JavaScript unless you have permissions. Is this for an internal application or for the web?

[surajhs]

You can't access the local file system using JavaScript unless you have permissions. Is this for an internal application or for the web?

it is web application. some times this link will work http://4umi.com/web/javascript/fileread.php

[acoder]

That will only work in IE if you allow ActiveX.

For something cross-browser, use a file input field to allow the user to upload local images.

[rnd me]

you can use ajax to find the files on the local computer, if and only if, the user runs the page from a page saved above that directory on their local machines.

i have made a "harvester" page that ran locally, and then use a script tag to send the data back to an http location. not sure if that would help you.