Can write var to file, but get 'undefined' displaying to html doc

[easonc52]

Yes I'm new to this. X-) Thank you if you can see what I'm missing.

Want to save a one field form info to a file for later retrieval. Writing to the file is not a problem at this point, and the previous info is overwritten which is perfect for my purpose.

The action seems to take place whether or not the code is in a function, but I want to use the value to display in html (via alert, document write, etc.).

Currently getting 'undefined' with my document.write attempt (and I have looked at a lot of 'undefined' threads that I wasn't sure applied to my mistake).

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
<!-- Hide Me
function test1(){
stuff = &quot;text I want to save to a file then call forth as a variable each time the page is opened. (just seeing if the text would react the same as a vaiable in text.Write as opposed to putting it there directly.&quot;
var TristateFalse = 0;
var ForWriting = 2;
myActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;
myActiveXObject.CreateTextFile(&quot;c:\\cisco\\project\\test.txt&quot;
file = myActiveXObject.GetFile(&quot;c:\\cisco\\project\\test.txt&quot;
test = file.OpenAsTextStream(ForWriting, TristateFalse);
test.Write(stuff);
test.Close();
}
// -->
</script>

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
<!-- Hide Me
document.write(&quot;is this it?&quot; + test1()); //this is where the 'undefined' occurs (the 'test1()' part (I just got burnt out on this tonite and thought I'd ask))
// -->
</script>

Thanks again if you can assist.

Chuck &quot;Uh, honey, a P5 with a 20&quot; monitor is perfect for email&quot;

 

[Mighty]

You have made a function call within the document.write to test1(). However, the test1 function does not return a value so why to you call the function within the document.write?? Mise Le Meas,

Mighty

 

[Klae]

If your function had the modification in red then it may work.

function test1(){
stuff = "text I want to save to a file then call forth as a variable each time the page is opened. (just seeing if the text would react the same as a vaiable in text.Write as opposed to putting it there directly."
var TristateFalse = 0;
var ForWriting = 2;
myActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
myActiveXObject.CreateTextFile("c:\\cisco\\project\\test.txt");
file = myActiveXObject.GetFile("c:\\cisco\\project\\test.txt");
test = file.OpenAsTextStream(ForWriting, TristateFalse);
test.Write(stuff);
test.Close();
}

return stuff;

Hope this helps. Klae

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[easonc52]

Thank you both for your replys. Obviously I have lots of studying to do and am not yet remebering all the stuff I've been studying in the last few weeks. X-) - onward and upward &quot;Uh, honey, a P5 with a 20&quot; monitor is perfect for email&quot;