Is there any way I can use HTML5 and JavaScript to modify a file on my system? I'm OK with running Chrome or Firefox with specific options or opening permissions in some other way.
Ideally I would like test this by having my browser rename a file on my desktop.
Yes, you can do this, this link details some of the available functionality:
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/
Just remember, it's not supported in the major browsers yet, and it's likely when it is many of your visitors will not upgrade for quite some time.
No, as this would be a security vulnerability. As pointed out there are sandboxed file systems, or local database storage in HTML5, but not access to the whole file system.
You could achieve it with a certified Java applet, if you really wanted to achieve it through the browser. To be honest the browser is not the best place to be trying such things.
VBScript should be appropriate in your case. You will have to lower your internet zone security level though.
Once it's done just use ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") and its MoveFile method.
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I have an idea for a web application and I'm having some javascript trouble.
Suppose the application needs to get a client's website url, show it (in an iframe or something). And then it should be able to temporarily tweak its design with Javascript which I assume is called Javascript injection. (Something similar to what the Developer Tools of browsers can do.)
So the question is: Is this cross domain javascript and if so, what solutions could I use?
, and what's the easiest way?
On a related note: What if the user adds some of my application's javascript code to their website (like how some APIs work), Would that help in any way.
Thanks.
same origin policy does not apply when you are armed with the proper knowledge of how modern web browsers work (IE8+ and of course all the other ones are always ahead of IE)
I specifically tackled this problem by using postMessage and iframe for cross browser communication. This technique works in IE8+ and all modern browsers. Also, ensure you are setting your privacy policy in your headers for 3rd party cookie support in IE.
You can see this working live if you go to kitgui.com and try the demo. You can also use this for free.
If they are including your JS in their page, then the JS is running from their page and you can just use standard DOM.
If they aren't, then the same origin policy will prevent you from touching their site.
This is cross domain. So the solution: Server Side Languages
PHP, ASP.Net, Ruby on Rails, etc. Load their website via that and then you can touch it because it will be a copy on your site. I will warn you though, this can be very difficult when using libraries like CURL (at least in my experience with PHP's CURL).
You culd use bookmarklet to add your javascript code to client's webpage. Like firebug lite does.
I am trying to develop a web page that will allow user to edit registry settings in windows system. Can i achieve it with client side scripting language.? If yes please suggest me language to do.
Can we do it with jQuery or any other type of library.
Due to obvious security concerns, this is only possible in Internet Explorer(!). This is not a jQuery library, but an activeX control; so it's quite unpleasant to use.
You have been warned, so here is the documentation :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee156602.aspx
Fortunately is impossible to access the registry from a web app: the only way you have is through an ActiveX control but I would not go down this road.
have a look at the below
Access registry from a web aplication
Far from ideal but ...
If you serve up a ".hta" file (HTml Application) from your web server, Windows will run it as a program outside of IE and give it the privileges of the PC user. It will be in a separate window and there won't be any browser features (Back/Refresh/Address bar etc).
Even then, modern versions of Windows will prompt the user with security warnings if a HTA is launched from anywhere other than a local drive.
I know this thread is old, but I am not sure I like any answers for this problem. Instead of trying to access the Registry directly through Javascript, try writing a Java Applet and talk to the java applet using Javascript. Then in the JavaApplet you can write some JNI code to write a native dll to do what you need. It isn't a direct solution to your problem, but it will allow you to do what you need across multiple browsers. The downside is that you can't use it on browsers that do not support running a Java Applet, such as a mobile platform.
This method will also require you to sign your Java Applet. This is how you get around the security issues. The user will have to accept the applet the first time to give the security access.
i was wondering if anyone knew a quick solution to my problem. I want to be able to open a folder on users screen pretty much the same as but just opening up the my computer folder so a user can drag a file onto the browser screen. anyone know how?
You can't. They even gave this bug a name: "security".
The closest you can get without using Flash, proprietary browser stuff or Java is something like this.
You have to use a java applet.
Javascript has no access to the file system for security reason.
Every page would be able to see the files on your local machine and might display: "According to the files on your disk you might be interested in some of our special movies ;)"
Incidentally, there are custom extensions in IE and Firefox that let you load and save files; it's the reason TiddlyWiki can work as it does. It does degrade a Java applet for other browsers.
A new jQuery plugin has been extracted out of TiddlyWiki to give Javascript authors the ability to load and save, and it's portable across all browsers:
twFile - http://jquery.tiddlywiki.org/twFile.html
It's quite possibly not what you're after as it will only work off a file:/// URL.
Is it possible to detect and get proxy server name and port in javascript?
No. The browser proxy settings are not available from JavaScript running in a web page.
Maybe. The browser proxy settings may be available (in some web browsers) from JavaScript running with elevated permissions (for example, a Firefox add-on).
For what it's worth: While you're asking about JavaScript, getting access to the browser proxy settings even from any kind of browser plug-in such as a Flash or Java applet is also not possible, or at the very least not in any reliable or compliant way.
I mention this only because sometimes such plug-ins provide viable workarounds when JavaScript can't do something ... but here I think you are S.O.L.
Perhaps you could tell us a little bit more about what you are trying to accomplish? Maybe there's another way to address your needs.
I have a number of users with multi-megabyte files that need to be processed before they can be uploaded. I am trying to find a way to do this without having to install any executable software on their machines.
If every machine shipped with, say, Python it would be easy. I could have a Python script do everything. The only scripting language I can think of that's on every machine is JavaScript. However I know there are security restrictions that prevent reading and writing local files from web browsers.
Is there any way to use this extremely pervasive scripting language for general purpose computing tasks?
EDIT: To clarify the requirements, this needs to be a cross platform, cross browser solution. I believe that HTA is an Internet Explorer only technology (or that the Firefox equivalent is broken).
Would Google Gears work here? Yes, users have to install something, but I think the experience is fairly frictionless. And once it's installed, no more worries.
The application that I maintain and develop for work is an HTML Application or HTA, linked with a SQL Server 2005 backend. This allows various security restrictions to be "avoided". All the client-side components in the application are done with javascript, including writing files to locally mapped network drives and loading data into screens/pages in an AJAXy way.
Perhaps HTA could be helpful for your situation.
For an example of javascript accessing a local file, you might try taking a look at the source of TiddlyWiki, specifically the saveFile, mozillaSaveFile, and ieSaveFile functions. Just click the download link, open the html file it sends you, and search for those functions.
Of course, tiddlywiki is supposed to be used as a local file, not served over the web, so the methods it uses may only work locally.. But it might be a start.
Why not use a flash uploader? http://swfupload.org/
Adobe Flex 4 lets you to open and process a file on a local machine:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/net/FileReference.html#load()
It's not exactly JavaScript, but hope that helps.
I believe you can accomplish this using the HTML5 File API.
It is supported in Opera, IE, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.
you can use fs module from nodeJS to manipulate with filesystem nowadays!