Javascript; FileSystemObject;Localhost

hi,
im using this code

Code:

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<script>
function load()
{
  var fso, f, r;
  var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
        var str='Scripting.FileSystemObject';
  fso = new ActiveXObject(str);
        var file = 'c:/testfile.txt';
  f = fso.OpenTextFile(file, ForWriting, true);
        var text ='Hello world!';
  f.Write(text);
  f.Close();
alert('done');
 
       
}
load();
</script>

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to create a file on my Hard Drive by saving the page simply in Desktop and execute it by double clicking the page

this is a simple html page.

but i want to create this file on my localhost by putting this html file in my localhost and i want to execute this file like

Code:

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http://localhost/dir/file.htm

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but it does not create the file on localhost with this code

Code:

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<script>
function load()
{
  var fso, f, r;
  var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
        var str='Scripting.FileSystemObject';
  fso = new ActiveXObject(str);

        var file = 'http://localhost/dir/testfile.txt';
  f = fso.OpenTextFile(file, ForWriting, true);
        var text ='Hello world!';
  f.Write(text);
  f.Close();
alert('done');
 
       
}
load();
</script>

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and shows an error like

Code:

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bad file name or number

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I believe it is failing because it is expecting a path, not a URI. Have you tried using relative paths?

im having the problem of path. I also tried Relative path like

Code:

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var file = 'http://localhost/dir/testfile.txt';

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but it creates the file on Desktop hahaha

i don't understand what exact path i should put on

var file

FileSystemObject looks at exactly what it says...the system's disk. It cannot tell what localhost is since it is not part of a web server. I'm sorry, but you are going to have to specify system relative path.

can you pls show me the correct way?

Take the http:// off the front, that indicates a URI or URL. Just use a relative path starting from the root location of your web app.

i tried this now

Code:

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var file = '//localhost/dir/testfile.txt';

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and i got an error Permission Denied

how can i get it fixed pls?

...

or im doing something wrong here in the Relative PATH.

Code:

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var file = '//localhost/dir/testfile.txt';

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pls correct my path to get it working

As we have both stated many times, you cannot use localhost. You MUST use the relative path. That means c:\path\to\file.

but i want to keep the feedback of the users in a .txt file for my webpage.
is not that possible?

That is exactly what it is doing. For instance, let's say you're using IIS and the root for your web page is in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myapp. You likely have a file in there called index.html (or index.php etc. etc.). When you use a *relative path*, it will start at the root directory of the web. Try to stay away from fully qualified paths (such as C:\my\path\my.file) as you will likely run into permission issues. If you specify the path "files/data.dat" then you will actually be referencing the file c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myapp\files\data.dat. I can't really define what a relative path is any clearer than that.