Slide that get graphics files from directory

[BigKeeya]

I'm sure many of you out there know the answer to this, but unfortunately I do not. I am attempting to create a slide show using HTML and JavaScript. I want it to produce a slide show with all the pictures in a directory. However, I have not been able to find an example in javaScript that does not require me to include the name of the graphics file in the code or use a consistent naming structures (e.g., picture0.jpg, picture1.jpg, etc.) knowing the exact number of files in the directory.

Is there a way to get javaScript to scan a directory and then place the contents in an array?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you mean client-side JavaScript, where the images reside on a user's PC, then the only way I can think of would be to use the FileSystemObject ActiveX control, but this would limit you to running on IE/Win only.

If you mean server-side JavaScript (ASP), where the images are stored on the server, then the same control could be used, but there would be no such browser restrictions.

I cannot think of any other easy ways that this can be achieved.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[mcrose]

I have the same question as BigKeeya - I want to have code on my own website that will take a directory reference (ex: "\images\") and scan that directory and load the filenames into an array w/o having to spell out the actual filenames in the code.

BillyRay points to the FileSystemObject control, but I've researched it a little and can't figure out how to incorporate it into my HTML/Jscript code.

Is there an example of this that I can use?

 

[elck]

This is easy using PHP