create a text file using javascript

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I am using the following code to create a text file using javascript and it s not working   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt script language  javascript  gt              function WriteToFile                                  var txt   new ActiveXObject  Scripting FileSystemObject                    var s   txt CreateTextFile  11 txt   true                   s WriteLine  Hello                    s Close                             lt  script gt       lt  head gt      lt body onLoad  WriteToFile    gt      lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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You have to specify the folder where you are saving it and it has to exist  in other case it will throw an error   var s   txt CreateTextFile  c   11 txt   true

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From a web page this cannot work since IE restricts the use of that object

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Try this     lt SCRIPT LANGUAGE  JavaScript  gt   function WriteToFile passForm         set fso   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject          set s   fso CreateTextFile  C  test txt   True       s writeline  HI        s writeline  Bye        s writeline  -----------------------------        s Close          lt  SCRIPT gt    lt  head gt    lt body gt   lt p gt To sign up for the Excel workshop please fill out the form below   lt  p gt   lt form onSubmit  WriteToFile this   gt  Type your first name   lt input type  text  name  FirstName  size  20  gt   lt br gt Type your last name   lt input type  text  name  LastName  size  20  gt   lt br gt   lt input type  submit  value  submit  gt   lt  form gt     This will work only on IE

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That works better with this     var fso   new ActiveXObject  Scripting FileSystemObject    var a   fso CreateTextFile  c   testfile txt   true   a WriteLine  This is a test     a Close      http   msdn microsoft com en-us library 5t9b5c0c v vs 84  aspx

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