Thanks. Question though...is this script Netscape specific, and if so is
there anything comparable for IE? The reason I ask is because much of the
code I'm using only works in IE.
Thanks.
>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
> function readFromFile(filename) {
> var text = '';
> var filechar;
>
> netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege
('UniversalFileAccess');
> var file = new java.io.File(filename);
> var FileReader = new java.io.FileReader(file);
> filechar = FileReader.read();
> while (filechar != -1) {
> text = text + String.fromCharCode(filechar);
> filechar = FileReader.read();
> }
> FileReader.close();
> return text;
> }
>
> alert(readFromFile('test.txt'));
> //--></script>
>
>
> --- bmcelhany@h... wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to set the source of an iframe document
> > to the data that's in a
> > a text file. Is there any way, using client-side
> > JavaScript, to allow the
> > user to navigate to a text file on their hard drive,
> > and then
> > document.write the file's data to an html page?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> $subst('Email.Unsub').
>
>
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