quite possibly a silly question... 
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 quite possibly a silly question...

I've been implementing a few things into our website that use the
filesystem objects to create folders and copy files and whatnot.

Since I've been doing 100% server-side scripting, I haven't looked
into what the client-side scripting is capable of, and I was just
wondering if the client-side VBScript in IE4 has these abilities.

Can IE4 use the FileSystem object on the client side?

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John Stotler
Eutectics Corporation



Sun, 06 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT  
 quite possibly a silly question...

Sure can, but it's not marked as safe for scripting, so the default security settings won't even prompt to load it.

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John T. Spivey

  I've been implementing a few things into our website that use the
  filesystem objects to create folders and copy files and whatnot.

  Since I've been doing 100% server-side scripting, I haven't looked
  into what the client-side scripting is capable of, and I was just
  wondering if the client-side vbscript in IE4 has these abilities.

  Can IE4 use the FileSystem object on the client side?

  --
  John Stotler
  Eutectics Corporation



Mon, 07 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT  
 quite possibly a silly question...

Ah, ok, so unless the user changes their security to absolutely
nothing in the internet options, there's really no risk of this script
being executed? It seems like a mighty big security hole.

Speaking of which, if you haven't patched your explorer and outlook
yet, get to

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/security/?/windows/ie/security/pas
te.htm

and take care of this wonderful little loophole, which can possibly
let websites get at the files on your hard drive. This is the
"Untrusted Scripted Paste" issue. I realize that this isn't the right
newsgroup for it, but it's along the subject lines of this thread.


    Sure can, but it's not marked as safe for scripting, so the
default security settings won't even prompt to load it.

    ------------------------
    John T. Spivey


        I've been implementing a few things into our website that use
the
        filesystem objects to create folders and copy files and
whatnot.

        Since I've been doing 100% server-side scripting, I haven't
looked
        into what the client-side scripting is capable of, and I was
just
        wondering if the client-side vbscript in IE4 has these
abilities.

        Can IE4 use the FileSystem object on the client side?

        --
        John Stotler
        Eutectics Corporation



Mon, 07 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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