Delete file when html window closes - vbscript?

FJK77 · Sep 27, 2002

Hi,

There is a file I need to delete every time a certain html page is unloaded (either by closing the window or moving onto another html page). I saw that VBScript has a way to delete a file and if I put it in a function like this:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
function deleteHTML()
dim filesys
set filesys = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

demofile.Delete("D:\myFile.txt&quot

end function
</SCRIPT>

then can I call it in the BODY statement using
<<BODY ........ onunload="deleteHTML()"> ???

Is onunload the right thing to use? If someone has done something like this or knows how to do it, please let me know

Thanks,

Frances

Targol · Sep 27, 2002

You did it the right way. Just beware of that :

Code:

dim filesys
set filesys = CreateObject (&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)

demofile

Code:

.Delete(&quot;D:\myFile.txt&quot;)

Water is not bad as soon as it stays out human body ;-)

FJK77 · Sep 27, 2002

Thankyou for your quick response... I did get it to work (it would help if I remembered to keep the same file name!)

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Delete file when html window closes - vbscript?

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