File Search using Javascript

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Introduction

This is used for searching files in the client machine using javascript.

Using the code

Before running this,go to Internet explorer>Tools>Internet options>Security>Customlevel> and then enable 'Initialize and scriptActiveX controls not marked as safe.

		var fSObj =new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");		

function RecursiveSearch(path)
{
    	var txtSearch=document.getElementById('txtSearch');
	var txtToSearch=new String(txtSearch.value);
	if(txtToSearch.substring(0,2)=="*.")
	{
		txtToSearch=txtToSearch.substring(1,txtToSearch.length);
	}
	txtToSearch=txtToSearch.toLowerCase();
	var enObj = new Enumerator(fSObj.GetFolder(path).Files);
	for(i=0;!enObj.atEnd();enObj.moveNext())
	{
		var fileName=new String(enObj.item(i).name);
		fileName=fileName.toLowerCase();	
		if(txtToSearch.substring(0,1)==".")
			fileName=fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf("."),fileName.length);
		if(txtToSearch==fileName || fileName.search(txtToSearch)>-1)
		{
			..........			}
	}	
	var enObj = new Enumerator(fSObj.GetFolder(path).SubFolders);
	for(i=0;!enObj.atEnd();enObj.moveNext())
	{
		var path=new String(enObj.item(i).path);
		RecursiveSearch(path);
	}	
}

We are also using enumerator while retrieving folders or files.

var enObj = new Enumerator(fSObj.GetFolder(path).Files);
for(i=0;!enObj.atEnd();enObj.moveNext())
{
     ......
}		

Points of Interest

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