I want to search the local C drive for *.pst file

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Hello all,

I will explain you all in breif what i want to do.
There will be one link or button. when the user clicks on it. The new windows open in which i have to search the local drive "C" of that user and get the list of all pst files.

Is this possible in PHP? If not possible then what's the other way.

Please reply asap.

Thanks.
:help:
 
s_narkar said:
Hello all,

I will explain you all in breif what i want to do.
There will be one link or button. when the user clicks on it. The new windows open in which i have to search the local drive "C" of that user and get the list of all pst files.

Is this possible in PHP? If not possible then what's the other way.

Please reply asap.

Thanks.
:help:
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You are may use system for run external (OS shell)
manual:
system -- Execute an external program and display the output
see for more info at the URL:http://ua2.php.net/system
googLuck
 
I believe that is still a command on the server.

Is this beyond the scope of a Java applet?
 
sadisticmachine said:
I believe that is still a command on the server.

Is this beyond the scope of a Java applet?
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yes JAVA can do it NOT javascript
 
ruturajv said:
yes JAVA can do it NOT javascript
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Are you sure? You're correct about JavaScript, of course, but I thought that in-browser Java applets ran inside a "sandbox" so that it could not access files on the client machine without permission.
 
Im pretty sure that none of them can.. as it will be a breach in security and theefore is blocked (had that discussion before)
 
Javascript definately can't do it .... (Im dead sure about it... If somebody has any other links that prove I'm wrong please let me know... :) )
 
Hello all,

Do any one have a help link that can help me for the java applet coding.

Thanks.
 
no, as i belive JAVA applets cannot do it as well: it would be a security hole.. and active x... well.. have no idea.. but it will not make any use for you as almost all users do not like to install them..
 
Do you know any other way in which i can satisfy my requirement. I want to search the pst files from c drive of the user and import the records into database.
 
no, sorry... i belive the ONLUÝ way is creating an ActiveX component and asking a user to install it, then creating a webservice... it will be quite like a windows Update :)

Hehe.. unfortunatelly i have never created anything simmilar before..
 
Create ActiveX will work fine on windows but will give problem on mac.
 
True: but all this is still quite a big problem: i would never let anyone list anything on my PC
Why would you like to do that anyway?!
 
hey
If you have Adobe photoshop > 6.0 check their help
it is totally in HTML and Javascript with a search... never got time to see how they search...
must have saved some array... !!
 
actually its a simple interrigation with a exe program that will search the LOCAL computer...
Or atleas thats the way i would do it :)
 
The photoshop help will not help me because they search the string for the pre-defined array.

Leave out the search for particular file. :(

If the user manually browse the pst file. Can anyone help me to read the pst file. How can i do that. :help:

Waiting for reply.

Thanks in advance
 
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