How do I run the MS Windows file search program from html

[Ray Muforosky]

Hello all:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Any help will be appreciated.

[moojoo]

I am sure you could do it with Asp.NET. You may need an activex control
or some DLL to get it working though. I do more PHP/MySQL so I am not
entirely sure.

Ray Muforosky wrote:

Hello all:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Any help will be appreciated.

[Michele Dondi]

On 22 Aug 2006 11:46:37 -0700, "Ray Muforosky" <mu****@gmail.c om>
wrote:

>How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

How does this have to do with Perl? Unless you're using PerlScript, or
expect people to, for what it matters, that is...
Michele
--
{$_=pack'B8'x25 ,unpack'A8'x32, $a^=sub{pop^pop }->(map substr
(($a||=join'',m ap--$|x$_,(unpack'w ',unpack'u','G^ <R<Y]*YB='
..'KYU;*EVH[.FHF2W+#"\Z*5TI/ER<Z`S(G.DZZ9OX 0Z')=~/./g)x2,$_,
256),7,249);s/[^\w,]/ /g;$ \=/^J/?$/:"\r";print,red o}#JAPH,

[Ivan Marsh]

Ray Muforosky wrote:

>Hello all:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Any help will be appreciated.

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:42:42 -0700, moojoo wrote:

I am sure you could do it with Asp.NET. You may need an activex control
or some DLL to get it working though. I do more PHP/MySQL so I am not
entirely sure.

....and the client would have to grant access to do it so if we're talking
about a public site (or a client not running Windows obviously) you can
forget it.

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[Harlan Messinger]

Ray Muforosky wrote:

Hello all:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

You can't, unless, possibly, you use some kind of ActiveX object and
your users have their security levels set dangerously low.

I'm trying to picture the situation where someone would want to find
something on his hard drive and would go to your web site to do it
instead of using the Windows search feature directly.

[Nije Nego]

On 22 Aug 2006 11:46:37 -0700, Ray Muforosky wrote:

Hello all:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Any help will be appreciated.

Upload your local drive and submit it to MSN.

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buy, bought, bye

[Michele Dondi]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:47:23 -0500, Ivan Marsh <an*****@you.no w>
wrote:

>>How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

[snip]

>...and the client would have to grant access to do it so if we're talking
about a public site (or a client not running Windows obviously) you can
forget it.

And it would be awkward, albeit maybe not strictly impossible to even
want to run the Windows search program on a machine not running
Windows. It's clear that the question was referring to a client
running on a Windows box.
Michele
--
{$_=pack'B8'x25 ,unpack'A8'x32, $a^=sub{pop^pop }->(map substr
(($a||=join'',m ap--$|x$_,(unpack'w ',unpack'u','G^ <R<Y]*YB='
..'KYU;*EVH[.FHF2W+#"\Z*5TI/ER<Z`S(G.DZZ9OX 0Z')=~/./g)x2,$_,
256),7,249);s/[^\w,]/ /g;$ \=/^J/?$/:"\r";print,red o}#JAPH,

[Ivan Marsh]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:06:59 +0200, Michele Dondi wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:47:23 -0500, Ivan Marsh <an*****@you.no w>
wrote:

>>>How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

[snip]

>>...and the client would have to grant access to do it so if we're talking
about a public site (or a client not running Windows obviously) you can
forget it.

And it would be awkward, albeit maybe not strictly impossible to even
want to run the Windows search program on a machine not running
Windows. It's clear that the question was referring to a client
running on a Windows box.

That's what obviously means.

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The USA Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic act in American history.
Feingold-Obama '08 - Because the Constitution isn't history,
It's the law.

[axel]

In comp.lang.perl. misc Ray Muforosky <mu****@gmail.c omwrote:

Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Cygwin and grep?

AXEL

[John Bokma]

ax**@white-eagle.invalid.u k wrote:

In comp.lang.perl. misc Ray Muforosky <mu****@gmail.c omwrote:

>Task: I want to do file search, using the "conatining text" option from
a web page.

>How do I search for a file on my local drive containing a certain
string, from a web page. That is, how do run the windows search program
from a web page.

Cygwin and grep?

there are native ports of grep, see:
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/07/01/

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