appending to a text file

[llama.named.sue]

hey,
Can someone please tell me is it possible to append to a text file
using javascript?I've read that you can and that you can't and I'm
lost now!I heard you can get around it by using xml?I need to read in
information from a prompt box and append it to an existing text file
which is currently called helloworld.txt. any ideas on what is the
most appropriate way to do this?Any help is appreciated.
thanks!


<img onclick="showCoords(event)" src="http://www.tuam-guide.com/
images/galway-city-map.gif" alt="Galway Map" />


<script type="text/javascript">

var destination
var coords = new Array(4)
var email
function showCoords(event){
if (destination==0) {
coords[2] = event.clientX
coords[3] = event.clientY
destination=1

if(confirm("would you like to view matches?"))
{
email = prompt("Please enter your email address","")

}

else

{
alert("Thank you for visiting")

}

}


else {
coords[0] = event.clientX
coords[1] = event.clientY
destination=0
alert("Click on destination.")





}
}



</script>

 

[Tim Slattery]

hey,
Can someone please tell me is it possible to append to a text file
using javascript?

Not on the client side. You do not have access to the client's file
system.

 

[llama.named.sue]

Not on the client side. You do not have access to the client's file
system.

ok,thanks.

 

[Hal Rosser]

hey,
Can someone please tell me is it possible to append to a text file
using javascript?I've read that you can and that you can't and I'm
lost now!I heard you can get around it by using xml?I need to read in
information from a prompt box and append it to an existing text file
which is currently called helloworld.txt. any ideas on what is the
most appropriate way to do this?Any help is appreciated.
thanks!

If the text file is on the server, you can use ASP with server-side
Javascript, but you can not write to a file from JavaScript that's on an
html page in <script> tags.

 

[llama.named.sue]

If the text file is on the server, you can use ASP with server-side
Javascript, but you can not write to a file from JavaScript that's on an
html page in <script> tags.

thanks for info

 

[Bob]

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If you use a cookie you can write to a file on the client's 'puter.