ActiveXObject is not defined and can't find variable: ActiveXObject

Question

i want to create text file in local, when i browse in Google chrome click of the button it is showing error like ActiveXObject is not defined and when i browse in safari click of the button it is showing error like can't find variable: ActiveXObject . any one can help me.how can i achieve and create file .Thanq

<script>
      function createFile() {    
      var object = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");       
      var file = object.CreateTextFile("C:\\Hello.txt", true);
      file.WriteLine('Hello World');
      alert('Filecreated');
      file.WriteLine('Hope is a thing with feathers, that perches on the soul.'); 
      file.Close();
      }
    </script>
<input type="Button" value="Create File" onClick='createFile()'>

Even on IE, if you do this from a page served via HTTP, you're going to hit security blocks. — T.J. Crowder, Jun 19 '12 at 13:10

Fabrizio Calderan · Answer 1 · 2012-06-19T13:14:54.833

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ActiveXObject is available only on IE browser. So every other useragent will throw an error

On modern browser you could use instead File API or File writer API (currently implemented only on Chrome)

edited Jun 19 '12 at 13:14

answered Jun 19 '12 at 13:09

Fabrizio Calderan

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File API is read only, so you can't. – Quentin Jun 19 '12 at 13:13
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Right, I improved my answer, thank you. – Fabrizio Calderan Jun 19 '12 at 13:16

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 13:09

ActiveXObject is non-standard and only supported by Internet Explorer on Windows.

There is no native cross browser way to write to the file system without using plugins, even the draft File API gives read only access.

If you want to work cross platform, then you need to look at such things as signed Java applets (keeping in mind that that will only work on platforms for which the Java runtime is available).

jasssonpet · Answer 3 · 2012-06-21T00:24:33.853

A web app can request access to a sandboxed file system by calling window.requestFileSystem(). Works in Chrome.

window.requestFileSystem = window.requestFileSystem || window.webkitRequestFileSystem;
var fs = null;

window.requestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 1024 * 1024, function (filesystem) {
    fs = filesystem;
}, errorHandler);

fs.root.getFile('Hello.txt', {
    create: true
}, null, errorHandler);

function errorHandler(e) {
  var msg = '';

  switch (e.code) {
    case FileError.QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR:
      msg = 'QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR';
      break;
    case FileError.NOT_FOUND_ERR:
      msg = 'NOT_FOUND_ERR';
      break;
    case FileError.SECURITY_ERR:
      msg = 'SECURITY_ERR';
      break;
    case FileError.INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR:
      msg = 'INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR';
      break;
    case FileError.INVALID_STATE_ERR:
      msg = 'INVALID_STATE_ERR';
      break;
    default:
      msg = 'Unknown Error';
      break;
  };

  console.log('Error: ' + msg);
}

More info here.

thanks for your reply. i have used your code..on click of button it is giving. errorHandler is not defined. anything i have missed? — Ramesh Lamani, Jun 20 '12 at 05:05

ActiveXObject is not defined and can't find variable: ActiveXObject

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