Our HTML:
<div id="addnew">
<input type="text" id="id">
<input type="text" id="content">
<input type="button" value="Add" id="submit">
</div>
<div id="check">
<input type="text" id="input">
<input type="button" value="Search" id="search">
</div>
JS (writing to the txt file):
function writeToFile(d1, d2){
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var fh = fso.OpenTextFile("data.txt", 8, false, 0);
fh.WriteLine(d1 + ',' + d2);
fh.Close();
}
var submit = document.getElementById("submit");
submit.onclick = function () {
var id = document.getElementById("id").value;
var content = document.getElementById("content").value;
writeToFile(id, content);
}
checking a particular row:
function readFile(){
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var fh = fso.OpenTextFile("data.txt", 1, false, 0);
var lines = "";
while (!fh.AtEndOfStream) {
lines += fh.ReadLine() + "\r";
}
fh.Close();
return lines;
}
var search = document.getElementById("search");
search.onclick = function () {
var input = document.getElementById("input").value;
if (input != "") {
var text = readFile();
var lines = text.split("\r");
lines.pop();
var result;
for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
if (lines[i].match(new RegExp(input))) {
result = "Found: " + lines[i].split(",")[1];
}
}
if (result) { alert(result); }
else { alert(input + " not found!"); }
}
}
Put these inside a .hta file and run it. Tested on W7, IE11. It's working. Also if you want me to explain what's going on, say so.