asked on

Read text file from the client terminal

How do i read a text file from client machine
and fill the form which has textboxes and date fields with the contents of the text file. Please advice me with the asp script.

suresh

kikkertm

sureshrao72 ,

This is not easy to do, I would be a security problem if you could read files on the client !

Mike

SOLUTION

djmcrae

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

ebosscher

just for curiositys sake, wasn't there a bug in the scripting file system object that would allow a dynamically created asp script to see the local client machien as the server, or hosting machine, and so allow access to the local file system?

i'm not posting this as a solution, just ... well, just for fun.. he he he

sureshrao72

ASKER

Using filesystemobject we can read any text file i guess,
we can grab the contents in a vbscript variable and then fill the form the the variable, is'nt possible

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

kikkertm

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

madeline448

sureshrao72,

No comment has been added lately (more than a year now), so it's time to clean up this TA.
I will leave a recommendation in the Cleanup topic area for this question.

RECOMMENDATION: Split points to djmcrae and kikkertm.

Please leave any comments here within seven days.

-- PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS COMMENT AS AN ANSWER! --

Thanks,

madeline448
EE Cleanup Volunteer