File I/O Operation

[dmjpro]

Could I get any good link of File I/O operation for cross browser?
Please help!

[gits]

could you give a short example or use case for what you want to do ... just to understand your requirement corrcetly?

kind regards

[rnd me]

function IO(U, V) {
//LA MOD String Version. A tiny ajax library.  by, DanDavis
    var X = !window.XMLHttpRequest ? new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') : new XMLHttpRequest();
    X.open(V ? 'PUT' : 'GET', U, !1);
    X.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
    X.send(V ? V : '');
return X.responseText;}

see usage notes here

[dmjpro]

could you give a short example or use case for what you want to do ... just to understand your requirement corrcetly?

kind regards

Basically i need to create,update,d elete,read a file on the local file system when my web page loads into browser.

[rnd me]

you hill have to use another language than javascript unless the page is run from the same drive/folder as the files you want to manage.

[dmjpro]

you hill have to use another language than javascript unless the page is run from the same drive/folder as the files you want to manage.

Can't I specify the absolute directory?

[gits]

no ... that is not possible either ... you could use a filepicker control to let the user upload/choose a file and the user should download a file and he could decide where to save it ... you might ask the user for the location and save that with his user-id and then retrieve it from a database before building up the page serverside ... for a kind of workaround for your problem :)

kind regards

[rnd me]

is IE only compatibility ok with you?

[gits]

not with me ;) ... (but i think i know what you want to suggest) ...

kind regards

[dmjpro]

is IE only compatibility ok with you?

But i saw a IO library in Mozilla ...
Though I didn't test it ... Just i wanted to know from experts that whether it is possible to do cross browser file I/O operations in JavaScript?

Anyway thanks for all responses .. :-)

[gits]

nope ... there is no cross-browser way that i'm aware of ... only browser-specific ways ... or workarounds with serverturnaroun ds ...

kind regards

[dmjpro]

nope ... there is no cross-browser way that i'm aware of ... only browser-specific ways ... or workarounds with serverturnaroun ds ...

kind regards

Sorry Gits ... I was not looking for common JS function ....
Anyway i will try out for both IE and as well as in Mozilla ..... I think for these browsers i have to specific code.

Thanks Gits ..!

[gits]

i assume for IE there is some ActiveX-control combined with some security-settings available and in MOZ/FF you would need to set specific privileges to the script ... what makes it hard for use in a public page ... but i guess you need it for an internal application?

kind regards

[dmjpro]

i assume for IE there is some ActiveX-control combined with some security-settings available and in MOZ/FF you would need to set specific privileges to the script ... what makes it hard for use in a public page ... but i guess you need it for an internal application?

kind regards

What do you mean by internal Application?
Here i am using Java so should i use here Applet? :-)

[gits]

with internal application i mean an intranet or local app ... but not a public webpage

what to use depends on the usecase ... i think i wouldn't use a java-applet just for the purpose of reading/writing a file but of course it is an option ... a webpage basicly shouldn't need to work with local files, and more important ... when it needs it ... the user must! have control over it and it shouldn't be 'silent' ... because this could be considered as a kind of intrusion ... even when that is not the intention of the application ...

kind regards