Is it possible to open a folder to view its content from a web browser?
What I'm trying to do is write an app, where the user is on a web page and they click a link to open a folder with their photos stored in it.

Is this not allowed due to security, do I have to write shell script or ActiveX control?

Thanks

You can display all the files in X directory and write them out to the user but you will have to grant permissions on the folder to do so.

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hi dparsons,
i am also looking same, do you have any code?

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Show me what you have so far and what problems your current code base is giving you and I will try to help you get it working.

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Let me be a little more specific.
I have an ap that takes coordinates from a gps database, uses VBScript to wrap them in XML and them displays the point on Google Earth with other info in a placemarker from the DB.

Is it possible to have a link in the placemarker that would open the folder where the user has stored all their picts from this coordinate point. I've tried all the HTML/Javascripty things and it will open an actual file but not just the folder. I was told this was a security risk and most browsers/GE wouldn't allow it.

Ohhh your trying to open a physical directory on the user's PC so they can look at the contents. Ya that is a huge security thing you will probably have to write an activeX/COM control to do this.

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I was pretty sure that was the case, thanks for clarifying.

hai,
i have got a sample site for this, have a look :)
http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/demo/
http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/



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