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Re: alternate way?

Subject Re: alternate way?
Newsgroups alt.computer, comp.lang.javascript
References (1 earlier) <bgyh0u5kv87e$.tdjjlisi0tdb.dlg@40tude.net> <wNvSG.170651$AN2.151955@fx46.iad> <XnsAC04634FA10Feejj99@194.109.6.166> <PsGSG.70970$bQ4.38498@fx04.iad> <XnsAC0595A9F3454eejj99@194.109.6.166>
From Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Message-ID <r%3TG.33884$cc1.3591@fx29.iad> (permalink)
Organization Forte - www.forteinc.com
Date 2020-07-25 20:20 -0400

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On 7/25/20 8:42 AM, Evertjan. wrote:
> So the user has to do the selection of the local file, the on page 
> Javascript is not allowed to do it.

It would be a violation of the browser security sandbox to let a script
running on a page access an arbitrary file from the computer without
user direction.

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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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