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Re: alternate way?

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Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> wrote on 24 Jul 2020 in 
comp.lang.javascript:

>> A browser page, inclusive of on plage javascript, is not allowed to 
>> access local files on the client computer.

> * Excuse me,

Why should I?

> even using WinXP IE8 which is so good it cannot find a 
> grain of sand even while sitting on the Sahara desert does this as 
> follows:

I often find grains of Sahara-sand on my car here in Northern-Europe, but 
not even Google Chrome can find them.

>    eXplicitly URL a file (on your computer or whatever), while looking 
> at the file, do a <ctrl>f ; see a browser find box and start typing a 
> word; notice as typing that is highlighted. Select "highlight all" and a 
> second color is used to highlight all other instances.

So the user has to do the selection of the local file, the on page 
Javascript is not allowed to do it.

> * Also works same way Win7 IE11, Firefox, etc.

Do what?
 
>> 
>> Perhaps you can explain what you really want?

> * I did.

No, not in a coherent way.

>    I want a program that will do exactly that without one having to 
> press keys (the Ctrl key, the F key, tose comprising the "keyword").

Yes, I presumed that, and told you it cannot be done in a modern browser,
it is a safety measure.

>    A calling program will pass the "keyword" to this one, and 
> appropriate highlighting will show depending if (running now) the search 
> previous/next arrows are used, or "highlight all" is used.

Sorry, I cannot follow what you are saying here.


-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 00:08 -0700
  Re: alternate way? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-24 09:45 +0200
    Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 12:16 -0700
      Re: alternate way? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-25 14:42 +0200
        Re: alternate way? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-07-25 20:20 -0400
        Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-03 15:01 -0700
  Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-24 19:27 +0700
    Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 12:21 -0700
      Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-25 20:06 +0700
        Re: alternate way? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-07-25 11:29 -0700
          Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-26 20:42 +0700
          Re: alternate way? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 04:38 +0200
            Re: alternate way? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-03 19:43 -0700
    Re: alternate way? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-07-25 00:57 +0200

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