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what i am trying to do is i want my javascript to read the contents of a folder, this folder will only contain files (pictures). Once the it reads in all the file names that are there i would store them into an array and randomly display them (by changing the src of one of my image tags).
If that can not be done i was thinking about try creating an xml file that can hold all the file names, but i'm not too sure how to read xml with javascript.
also, i am trying to do this without any server-side scripting....cu z my host doesn't allow that (its free).
I don't have any code to show cuz i;m not sure how to start this, and i am not asking for the complete code. If either or both methods are possible any helpful tutorials would be a great help.
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions.
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Heya, epots9.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), JavaScript cannot browse the local nor the server filesystem.
Without being able to do any server-side scripting, an XML file is probably a good second option.
But probably the easier solution is to save a JSON-encoded object in a file and then fetch and eval() that using JavaScript instead.
epots9 1,351
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Heya, epots9.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), JavaScript cannot browse the local nor the server filesystem.
Without being able to do any server-side scripting, an XML file is probably a good second option.
But probably the easier solution is to save a JSON-encoded object in a file and then fetch and eval() that using JavaScript instead.
darn...oh well i'll use an xml file....i playing around with some code now.
thanks for your help
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