Reading a file from a server using jscript

dzisaacs · May 7th, 2006, 07:16 PM

I'm getting the path of the file
it exists
and after it exists there's something wrong with my code
any idea of what's wrong?

Code:

<% 
var filePath = Server.MapPath("/work/email-content.txt") 

    var fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 

    if(fso.FileExists(filePath)) 
    { 
        var str = ""; 
        Response.Write("File Opened PLEASE"); 
        file = fso.OpenTextFile(filePath,1,false); 
        str += Server.HTMLEncode( file.ReadAll() ); 
        file.Close(); 
        Response.Write(str); 
        //file = Nothing; 
        //fso = Nothing;             
    } 
    else 
    { 
        Response.Write("Didn't open the file"); 
    } 
%>

woodyz · May 7th, 2006, 11:22 PM

I tested your code and it worked.
Are you getting any error messages, or is it just that nothing gets written?

However, one side note: in JavaScript you would set the objects to null rather than nothing...
file = Nothing;
would become:
file = null;

Woody Z http://www.learntoprogramnow.com

dzisaacs · May 8th, 2006, 06:22 AM

It breaks when you try to open the file...i guess something's wrong in my server configuration since it worked in yours

woodyz · May 8th, 2006, 09:06 AM

Yes - it might be permissions on that directory, perhaps?

Woody Z http://www.learntoprogramnow.com