AFIAK, In addition to applets or ActiveX... Netscape 4+ allowed "signed" javascript to access the local file system. [lfs]
In Mozilla/ netscpe 6+ you can specify access to lfs in the prefs.js file user_pref(...) whatever can remember the syntax exactly In IE you can allow several methods to access the lfs including HTTP (file:///) / XML / and FileSystemObject, this depends on the security level of the web site and settings . (as you mentioned) WG -----Original Message----- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 March 2003 16:35 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Interact with client file system Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 11:18:36 AM, you wrote: >> jon said: >> Well, the only way to driectly interact with the client's file system >> from a browser is going to be ActiveX/.Net, or a java applet. w> Actually that isn't fully correct, it is possible to access the local file w> system via Javascript. w> Both by design and accident. Depends on permissions. w> WG Since we are picking nits :) Javascript as defined by Netscape has no concept of a local file system, and I have never heard of a NS4 pref that allows any kind of local file system access, it might exist, but it would have to be extremely obscure. IE's implementation of ECMAScript, JScript, can natively instantiate and interact with ActiveX/COM objects like the FileSystemObject, or MSXML, both of which can be used to interact with the file system. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
