How to create file on the Client Side

philcp · Sep 4, 2001

Hi there,

I am trying to create a log file on the client everytime an asp is being accessed.

How can I do that?

I know that creating file on the server is possible e.g.

<html>
<head><title>Write File</title></head>
<body>
Writing File
<%
Set MyFileObject=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

Set MyTextFile=MyFileObject.CreateTextFile("c:\log\test.txt&quot

MyTextFile.WriteLine("Hello There!&quot

MyTextFile.Close
%>
</body>
</html>

but what about creating it on the client????

The file can be of any extension. Preferbly of *.*log

link9 · Sep 4, 2001

That really depends on whether you are on an Intranet, or the Internet ...

If it's an Intranet, then you can set up special permissions for your server to write to the client machine -- you'll need to talk to your server's admin to get that set up properly.

If it's on the Internet, then you can't do that. The only file(s) that you have write access to on the client's machine is the cookie file(s)... it's a security precaution of all browsers.

philcp · Sep 4, 2001

well i'd be doing it on an intranet enviroment. how would i have to code it then?
is the coding that i have given above correct?
i've tried the one below, but i doesn't work

<script language="vbscript">
var FileObject, FileHandler

FileObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

FileHandler = fs.CreateTextFile("c:\\log\\testfile.txt&quot

FileHandler.WriteLine("Some Text or u can pass this text from ASP&quot

FileHandler.Close()

</script>

link9 · Sep 4, 2001

No, your fs.createTextFile jazz will have to be a network path pointing to your user's computer...

ASP is server side scripting, and so when it's executing, if you give it c:\, it sees that as itself... does that make sense?

It has no idea that you are trying to tell it to look at the client's computer.

So you'd need something like this:

("\\computerName\shareNamePath\fileName.txt&quot

for your path so that your server will know where to go.

Like I said, though, you're probably gonna run into some permissions problems, but you should be able to get them sorted out if you have control over the computers.

paul

philcp · Sep 4, 2001

thanks i'll giving it a try

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