Why isnt this filesystemobject code working ?

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I have a text "name" in my App that I want to be styled using the fonts that are installed on users PC (locally) which I would fetch using a function like filesystemobject. Something like this (This is only an indicative code)

What I have tried:

HTML

<html>
  <head>

  <script>    

  function ShowFolderFileList()
  {
  var fso, f, f1, fc, s;
  fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  f = fso.GetFolder("My Folder");
  fc = new Enumerator(f.files);
  s = "";
  for (; !fc.atEnd(); fc.moveNext())
  {
  s += fc.item();
  s += "<br>";
  }
  document.write(s);
  } 
  </script>


  </head>

  <body>   

  <form name="myForm">
  <input type="Button" value="Get File" onClick='ShowFolderFileList' >

  </form>
  </body>
  </html>

Posted 4-Aug-16 19:28pm

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Updated 11-Aug-16 8:44am

Patrice T

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Mehdi Gholam 5-Aug-16 3:15am

It will only work in Internet Explorer (not chrome, firefox etc.)

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2016-08-04T22:17:00

Solution 1

Scripting.FileSystemObject is configured to not be usable from scripting langangues like javascript. If web pages could use that object there would be terrible security implications.

Posted 4-Aug-16 22:17pm

F-ES Sitecore

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2016-08-04T23:15:00

Solution 2

ActiveX is IE only.
Web pages are not allowed to access client file system for security reasons.
Just imagine, you load a random web page and it start to read, write or delete your local data without your concent. It is a cool feature for hackers only.

Posted 4-Aug-16 23:15pm

Patrice T

Member 12671068 · Answer 3 · 2016-08-11T08:44:00

Solution 3

Kindly refer this site here -- myfontbook.com/app . How are they doing that ?

Posted 11-Aug-16 8:44am

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Dave Kreskowiak 11-Aug-16 15:48pm

You posted this as a solution to your own question. Click on the "Have a Question or Comment" button for the post you want to respond to instead.

It does it using Flash/Shockwave, not javascript. Again, script code cannot access any system client resources. Flash can but is still limited in what it can do.