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Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26)

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In comp.lang.javascript message <1g6vd89m6rmd3l3ge0u20td10ao8ago3as@4ax.
com>, Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:35:06, Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au>
posted:

>On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:58:18 +0000, in comp.lang.javascript Dr J R
>Stockton <reply1252@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid>
><GhZ3TcOK1z3QFwQ$@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>| My <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/32-bit/seek.hta> is
>>| presumably a Web page.  Firefox will fetch it and display it in "View
>>| Source" manner.  But MS IE 8 can fetch it and display it in an HTML GUI
>>| manner.
>
>In IE10, Win 8 all you get is the source code.

Likewise IE9 in Win 7 64-bit; but in that Win 7 machine the 32-bit "Win
XP mode" runs IE 8 which behaves as double-quoted (>>) above,

Is that just for the default settings, or just for your current
settings, or is what you describe the only possibility for attempted
direct view?

Could it be that immediate execution is now prohibited on security
grounds, while one can still save the page and then run it independently
of the Web in the usual manner for an HTA (IIRC, it needs an include
file to actually work)?

I was not actually planning or positively expecting direct execution to
work; and I'll block it if necessary for server bandwidth reasons.
Users should keep and run a local copy of what might be considered a
useful tool.

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FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) "FAQ server" <javascript@dotinternet.be> - 2012-12-26 00:00 +0000
  Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2012-12-28 00:30 +0200
  Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1252@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-27 20:27 +0000
    Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-28 09:04 +0000
      Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1252@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-29 18:58 +0000
        Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2012-12-30 12:35 +1100
          Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-31 19:38 +0000
        Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-12-30 09:31 +0100

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