write values to txt file in server

eresina · July 12th, 2005, 05:23 AM

Hello,

I don't work with javascript but to finish a project to a client my company needs to do several things. One of them it's to give to the client a few scripts that make some calculations and at the end the values will need to be written to a txt file in the server (this will work in a Intranet). A read about Javascript and I understood (correct me if I'm wrong...) it works from the client-side, so it's not possible to write to the server. I also read some question in a search I made in Google and in some sites they talked about using the FileSystemObject. Does any of you knows another way of dealing with this or have other suggestions? I'll appreciate all the help you can get.

thanks,

Elisa Resina

Elisa Resina

joefawcett · July 13th, 2005, 02:41 AM

Server side code runs on the server, if you are using ASP then server side code can be written in VBScript or JScript (Microsoft's version of JavaScript/ECMAScript). If you are using a different server side framework, e.g. Apache then you can use PHP and other languages server side.
In JScript you can write text files to the server, providing the account has permissions, using the FileSystemObject. There are dozens of examples in Google and also at Microsoft's FileSystemObject Reference

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

eresina · July 13th, 2005, 03:36 AM

Hello Joe and thanks for your answer. The client is using Apache and send to me a few javascripts that I should change to make what I explained before. I don't have a way to reproduce here in the office the real situation (I never went to the client company, we only spoke by e-mail...this is not what I wish but it's what I have to do...). To reproduce a small part of the code I put very small html file in our server with that code using the FileSystemObject and it didn't work (the message was "Error: Number:-2146827859 Description:Automation server can't create object"). Why, I don't have any idea...Something missing...Microsoft scrip host? I don't know...

If after this long and boring message you still have any suggestion, they will be very apreciate...

Thank you again

Elisa

Elisa Resina

eresina · July 13th, 2005, 03:46 AM

well, just a note...the code works IN the server...not if I run it through the browser...

regards,

Elisa

Elisa Resina

joefawcett · July 13th, 2005, 10:54 AM

That error doesn't make sense, are you sure you're running the code server side? I don't see how you can be if they are running Apache. Can you show a small sample of your web page?

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

eresina · July 15th, 2005, 05:02 AM

Hi, Joe. Sorry for the delay.

Here goes:

Code:

<html>
<head> 
<script language="JavaScript" runat="server">
 function WriteToFile() {
 try {
  var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var a = fso.CreateTextFile("d\Inetpub\wwwroot\testfile.txt", true);
a.WriteLine("This is a test.");
a.Close();

 }
catch(err){
  var strErr = 'Error:';
  strErr += '\nNumber:' + err.number;
  strErr += '\nDescription:' + err.description;
  document.write(strErr);
 }
}
</script>

</head> 
<body onload='WriteToFile();'> 

</body> 
</html>

This is my last version. I tested it in a IIS server and of course in apache it won't work in this way.

I found this in google:

https://lists.latech.edu/pipermail/j...ne/003755.html

It looks like the same error I have. Does it make sense to you?

regards,

Elisa

Elisa Resina

joefawcett · July 17th, 2005, 05:36 AM

That code will work if the server rune IIS and allows use of the FileSystemObject, the trouble is your path is incorrect, change:

Code:

"d\Inetpub\wwwroot\testfile.txt"

to

Code:

"d:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\testfile.txt"

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

eresina · July 19th, 2005, 08:23 AM

Hi, Joe.

The code now runs perfectly in IIS server and in an Apache Server

Thank you very much for all your help and time.

Regards,

Elisa Resina