On 12 Feb 2004 13:28:07 -0800, in comp.lang.javascript
af@poorstudents.us (Aaron) wrote:
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>| A program I am helping to develop uses html to display standard
>| outputs (tables, text, etc) and java applets for graphs and other user
>| interactions. The problem is that depending on program flags input
>| files, certains output data files may or may not exist.
>|
>| If the output data file does exist, then I would like a link to a page
>| to display information on that datafile.
>|
>| If the output data file does not exist, then no link should be
>| created.
>|
>| This program, output, and applets are all on the client computer, so
>| there is no server for server-side scripts. I figured javascript
>| would be the best way to go, with one issue, the code needs to work on
>| as many browsers as possbile.
>|
>| I tried using File.exists as Netscape's Javascript API suggests:
>|
>| (
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/...1.0/File9.html)
>|
>| but IE does not like File. I have yet to figure out another approach
>| to accomplishing this. I thought about using an applet to detect the
>| file, but not with the security restrictions on unsigned applets.
>|
>| Please help,
>|
>| Aaron[/color]
Function ReportFileStatus(filespec)
Dim fso, msg
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If (fso.FileExists(filespec)) Then
msg = filespec & " exists."
Else
msg = filespec & " doesn't exist."
End If
ReportFileStatus = msg
End Function
The latest VBScript helpfile can be found at (watch the line wrap):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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