Q1772 How can I store a file on the client side and read it from my page?

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Q1772 How can I store a file on the client side and read it from my page?

JavaScript can't read file on the client side ... except if the file is included as another JavaScript file. For example, you might want each of your clients to have a file containing particular data, like their login and password, and then read it from your page in JavaScript to log them automatically to your site.

On each client side, create a file named for example "C:\data.js", containing :

login  = "my login";
passwd = "my password";

Then include this client JavaScript file into your page:

<SCRIPT SRC="C:\data.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
alert("Your login is : " + login + "\nYour password is : " + passwd);
</SCRIPT>

Submitted by Stephane Pepin

The following was submitted by Davidj

how to do it in vbscript -

Function CreateFile()

set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set a = fs.CreateTextFile("C:\"mytextfile.epc", True)

a.WriteLine (form1.field1.value)

End Function