reading a txt file using html/javascript

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hello every one

I one of my asp.net application i want to display the txt file content into textbox
. So how can i do it
i search in internet i got this code
I took a script tag and place this code

C#

function read()
    {
//  var   file = fopen(getScriptPath("a.txt"), 0);
//  var   file_length = flength(file);
//  var   content = fread(file, file_length);
//document.getElementById("myDiv").innerText = content;
try
    {

        var fso  = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject');
         alert('ok');

        var fh = fso.OpenTextFile('a.txt',1);
        var contents = fh.ReadAll();
        fh.Close();

        alert(contents);
        //return contents;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
       alert('Cannot open file :(');
    }

}

the commented one is also not working nor the other one so can anyone guide me or give some suggestions.

Posted 9-Mar-12 20:45pm

arunrv

Updated 6-May-17 8:22am

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Amrut Bidri · Answer 1 · 2012-03-11T18:44:00

Solution 1

instead of textbox you can use this one
try this

<iframe id="txtviewer" height="400" width="800" src="filepath"></iframe>

hope this answer will help you

Posted 11-Mar-12 18:44pm

Amrut Bidri

**tanweer** · Answer 2 · 2012-03-11T19:19:00

Hi, I want to know that is it a requirement to use only javascript to show the file content?
if not then use a TextBox on the aspx page as

<asp:TextBox ID="txtFile" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

then on page load Event put this code

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
txtFile.Text= File.ReadAllText("myFile.txt");
}

hope this will help you.