Want to move file using core javascript(not node js)

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trying to move file using javascript or jquery .
But getting this error : ActiveXObject is not defined

What I have tried:

"DOWNLOAD"

function downloads(){
var aa = document.getElementById("a");
aa.click();

var object = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var file = object.GetFile("C:\\Users\\BDAS\\Downloads\\true.jpg");
file.Move("C:\\BDAS\\Desktop\\Newdownload");
document.write("File is moved successfully");

alert();
}

Posted 22-Apr-22 2:11am

mahabir das

Updated 22-Apr-22 2:40am

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Richard MacCutchan 22-Apr-22 8:30am

What part of "ActiveXObject is not defined" do you not understand?

jsc42 22-Apr-22 8:30am

Which browser? Which OS? (ActiveXObject is only supported on MS-Windows)
I use it on *.hta in a script that I wrote for W98 and it still works on W11, but it is generally not regarded as the correct way to do things.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2022-04-22T02:40:00

Solution 1

Sorry to tell you, but this isn't possible anymore. There isn't a browser alive today that supports ActiveXObject.

The only two browsers that used to support it were Internet Explorer and Firefox. IE is dead and Firefox no longer supports creating ActiveX objects. This is because it was found to be a massive security problem.

Posted 22-Apr-22 2:40am

Dave Kreskowiak

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jsc42 22-Apr-22 12:47pm

IE is not completely dead! Somewhat moribund - more like a walking zombie. You can still use CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") in a Windows Script File or a Hypertext Application and it starts an IE window. The standard DLL XHTML? is effectively IE7 (so HTML4 + CSS1.0 + JS1.2) but it still works even on Windows 11. ActiveX, therefore, limps along even today.

However, I concur that it has the potential to be a massive security problem and should be avoided like the plague. I only use it for a couple of very old utilities that I wrote for myself years ago, so I know what the safety risks are with them. I would never pick something off the shelf that used ActiveX and have no intention of writing anything using it in the future.

Caveat Emptor!

Dave Kreskowiak 22-Apr-22 13:32pm

That may be the definition of "not completely dead" to you, but in my world, if it's no longer getting security updates, it's a dead product and cannot be used for any purpose, and that'll happen on June 15th.

mahabir das 23-Apr-22 1:47am

any alternative of ActiveXObject ?

Dave Kreskowiak 23-Apr-22 10:55am

No. Code running in the browser has no access to any client resources. It runs in a secured sandbox.