delete local files

[rscott]

Looking for help on how to create a page for a client that will find a
specific file on a local drive, upload it to the server, and then delete the
local copy, or allow them to respond and delete tehe local file.

[vMike]

Re: delete local files


"rscott" <rscott@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:39979F8C-2FE0-4799-9B26-44BD349909D6@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Looking for help on how to create a page for a client that will find a
> specific file on a local drive, upload it to the server, and then delete[/color]
the[color=blue]
> local copy, or allow them to respond and delete tehe local file.[/color]

You can try something like this snip to build a list of files in a table.
Then you can bind the table to datagrid or datalist, from there you can
create code to delete, copy etc your files.

Dim strarr as string()

dim dt as New datatable()
Dim myDataColumn1 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Fil eName")
myDataColumn1.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.String")
Dim myDataColumn2 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Las tWriteTime")
myDataColumn2.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.DateTime" )

dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn1)
dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn2)

strarr = Directory.GetFi les(strBindPath ,"*???????????c art.xml") 'get list
of file and puts them in the array variable

'this iterates through the list and puts the file information in a datatable
Dim i as int32
for i = 0 to strArr.getupper bound(0)
dim fi as new fileinfo(strArr (i))
dim drw as datarow
drw = dt.newrow()
drw("FileName") = strArr(i)
drw("LastWriteT ime") = fi.lastwritetim e
dt.rows.add(drw )
next i

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: delete local files

vMike <MicZhaYel.GeoZ rgeY@noYandZ.ge ZwaYrrenZ.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> "rscott" <rscott@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
> news:39979F8C-2FE0-4799-9B26-44BD349909D6@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > Looking for help on how to create a page for a client that will find a
> > specific file on a local drive, upload it to the server, and then delete[/color]
> the[color=green]
> > local copy, or allow them to respond and delete tehe local file.[/color]
>
> You can try something like this snip to build a list of files in a table.
> Then you can bind the table to datagrid or datalist, from there you can
> create code to delete, copy etc your files.
>
> Dim strarr as string()
>
> dim dt as New datatable()
> Dim myDataColumn1 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Fil eName")
> myDataColumn1.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.String")
> Dim myDataColumn2 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Las tWriteTime")
> myDataColumn2.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.DateTime" )
>
> dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn1)
> dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn2)
>
> strarr = Directory.GetFi les(strBindPath ,"*???????????c art.xml") 'get list
> of file and puts them in the array variable[/color]

Directory.GetFi les is going to read it from the server though, not the
local drive. I believe the OP wants the client-side files to be read
and deleted. This *may* be possible with JavaScript, but I doubt it, to
be honest.

--
Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>

http://www.pobox.com/~skeet

If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: delete local files

RScott,

There is no way to let you look (using a modern browser) on the client
without an authorized by the user added activeX or Java pluggin. And that is
more and more protected, so when you make it you do not know for how long.

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: delete local files

Jon,

One of the major security issues with the creation of JavaScript (and
VBScript) was that with the language you never could reach the hard disk .
That is why a lot of people started to hate it, however luckily it was a
good decision in my opinion.

Cor

[vMike]

Re: delete local files


"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b8bdd ae253490eb98b19 5@msnews.micros oft.com...[color=blue]
> vMike <MicZhaYel.GeoZ rgeY@noYandZ.ge ZwaYrrenZ.com> wrote:[color=green]
> > "rscott" <rscott@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
> > news:39979F8C-2FE0-4799-9B26-44BD349909D6@mi crosoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Looking for help on how to create a page for a client that will find a
> > > specific file on a local drive, upload it to the server, and then[/color][/color][/color]
delete[color=blue][color=green]
> > the[color=darkred]
> > > local copy, or allow them to respond and delete tehe local file.[/color]
> >
> > You can try something like this snip to build a list of files in a[/color][/color]
table.[color=blue][color=green]
> > Then you can bind the table to datagrid or datalist, from there you can
> > create code to delete, copy etc your files.
> >
> > Dim strarr as string()
> >
> > dim dt as New datatable()
> > Dim myDataColumn1 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Fil eName")
> > myDataColumn1.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.String")
> > Dim myDataColumn2 As DataColumn= new datacolumn("Las tWriteTime")
> > myDataColumn2.d atatype=System. Type.GetType("S ystem.DateTime" )
> >
> > dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn1)
> > dt.columns.add( myDatacolumn2)
> >
> > strarr = Directory.GetFi les(strBindPath ,"*???????????c art.xml") 'get[/color][/color]
list[color=blue][color=green]
> > of file and puts them in the array variable[/color]
>
> Directory.GetFi les is going to read it from the server though, not the
> local drive. I believe the OP wants the client-side files to be read
> and deleted. This *may* be possible with JavaScript, but I doubt it, to
> be honest.
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>
> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
> If replying to the group, please do not mail me too[/color]

Oops sorry about that. He could use <input type="file" .... to get the file
and a <input type=submit ... to upload it, but deleting it would be a tough.