Embeding a text file

Blobishthing · Sep 11, 2002

I am trying to embed a text file into my page but when i open the page there is no writing but there is the text box please help.
This is how i am trying to do it...

<OBJECT WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" >

<PARAM NAME="TEXT" VALUE="thing.txt">

<EMBED SRC="thing.txt" WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400">

</EMBED>

</OBJECT>

starway · Sep 11, 2002

You cannot embed a text file. Do this:
put your text in JS variable and save the file as text.js file:

------
var txt = "your very long text string here";

function print()
{
document.write(txt);
}
------

Note that you cannot break a string pressing Enter, everything should be in one line.
Attach the file to the webpage:
<head>
<script src="text.js">
</head>

and then place the text in the desired place of your page like this:
<script>print();</script>

cian · Sep 11, 2002

This also works::

<object type="text/x-scriptlet" width="550" height="400" data="thing.txt"></object>

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http://www.endamcg.com

:: my FIRST site in XHTML, comments/ criticism/ questions much appreciated!!

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http://www.endamcg.com/finland-gaa

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