Simple Web Browse

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Introduction

This article is about a simple directory & file browser for the web. The browser displays a list of files and directories of the directory where it is placed.

Using the script

• Place the script file, default name Browse0070.aspx within the root / sub directory of your web server.
• Rename the script if desired, and link to the script...
• Example link.
  HTML

  <A href="Browse0070.aspx">Browse</A>

How it Works

This is a rather simple script when it come to the actual core of the code... Loops are preformed for each directory / file entry with the directory it's been pointed to... For each directory it prints, it adds a link for that directory to itself, making the script able to surf though the file system. The snippet below displays the file output code...

//Ouput files
FileInfo[] oFiles = oDirInfo.GetFiles();
foreach(FileInfo oFile in oFiles){
    if(oFile.Name.ToLower()!=lsScriptName){
        iLen=oFile.Length;
        if(iLen>=1048960){iLen=iLen/1048960;sLen="mb";}else{i...
        sLen=Decimal.Round(iLen,2).ToString()+sLen;
        Response.Write("<TR><TD class=\"tdFile\"><A href=\""+...
    }
}

Features

• Script is contained in one file for easy usage / implementation
• Page title can be set via the title variable
• Return link can be set via the link variable
• Script can be renamed to any filename, e.g.. default.aspx
• The name of the script file, will not appear in the output
• Displays in KB and MB
• Only displays the root and sub directory below itself for security

History

• 28th April 2004 - Build 0070
  • Rewritten from VB.NET to C#, small visual and running changes.
  • Renamed from "File Browser" to "Web Browse".
  • Posted on CodeProject.
• Build 0063
  • Optimizations and tidying of the code, moved to the build version system.
• Build 0062
  • Added better error checking, now displays errors on the page.
• Build 0061
  • Link now passes correctly when using a link from the crumb bar.
• Build 0060
  • "link" option for returning to main page, etc.
  • Script produced errors when it encounters a write protected directory, now displays as "Access Denied" next to the name.
  • The title would reset after entering a directory, details are now retained from page to page when navigating.
• Build 0030-0050
  • File size is displayed in KB and MB.
  • Left / right alignment in columns, instead of all left.
  • Added "title" option for returning to main page, etc.
  • New layout, colors, and tidied output.
  • First build to appear online.