file operations using javascript

[mitchell]

hi

i was trying to delete a file in a javascript function but couldn't do it.

myActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  file = myActiveXObject.GetFile("c:\\file.txt");
  file.Delete();

this code will work in IE
but not in firefox
is there any other way using javascript to delete a file

thanks in advance

[gits]

it IS only possible with IE and activeX and loose security setting ... imagine a webpage that is able to delete files from your filesystem ... or even could read them ;) ... nobody wants that ...

is this for an intranet application?

kind regards

[mitchell]

apologies

i forgot to mention
i will be deleting the files which the user has uploaded on the server
and not those that are on the clients computer.

and after i read your post
i realised i need to change the path in the getfile function

file = myActiveXObject.GetFile("localhost/upload/images.jpg");

but now it is giving an error
file not found

please help

to summarize
just tell me a way
to delete files on the server using javascript

[mitchell]

i m still stuck up\please help

[gits]

hi ...

you cannot delete files on the server directly using javascript ... but you could do an ajax-request that calls a server-side script to do it for you ... so you could produce a list of available files at the server ... create a delete button or something like that ... and when the user performs the delete action (click or whatever) ... send the request and let the serverside do the deletion ... then update the list and show it to the user again :)

kind regards

[Markus]

Adding to gits post and the 'server-side' script he is speaking of.

You'd probably be best using the unlink()

[php]
<?php
$File = $_GET['delete'];
unlink($File) or die ("Couldn't open file for deletion");
?>
[/php]

The unlink() function has to be a script in the same directory as the file being deleted.

Hope this helps and if you need further assistance let it be told :D

- markus.

[mitchell]

thanks

i did it using ajax.
i was wondering whether there was any other method.
thanks once again for replying
the matter is solved