Write to a local file using a relative path

[AndyCLee]

Hi,

I have managed to write to a local file using the following javascript:

fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
s = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\\test.txt", 2, 1, -2);
s.writeline("This is a test");
s.Close();

But I would like to make the path relative. I have tried changing the path to "../test.txt" but this didn't work.

I then investigated using the MapPath method, but this only appears to work on a server "Server.MapPath".

Has anyone got any suggestions how I can do this?

Thanks

Andy

 

[vbkris]

>> have tried changing the path to "../test.txt"

relative path works with the folder of the file that calls it as its destination

so if u call a ../ in an HTML file it will look for a file one folder above (on the server). locally we dont know where the HTML files are saved so ../ will NOT work...

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[AndyCLee]

ok, that explains why the ../ didn't work then. Although I thought it would have gone 1 folder up from either the .js file or the .htm file that called the function.

Thanks anyway vbkris - anyone else know how to do this?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If running from a local file, then parse document.location.href for the folder name.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[tsuji]

>I have tried changing the path to "../test.txt" but this didn't work.
It still works, only that you didn't know where it is.

Add a line of alert so that you know.
[tt] alert(fso.getfolder("../").path);
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