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Old Pedant · 01-17-2013, 08:38 PM

Oh, sigh. I should have tried this myself.

The problem is DROP DEAD obvious!

I did:

Code:

<script>
    var drives = "BDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    ...
        var driveletter = drives[d];

But MSIE--even MSIE 9--doesn't SUPPORT treating a string as an array of character!

You just have to change that line to

Code:

        var driveletter = drives.charAt(d);

and presto! It all works.

Again, though, you must have your security settings in MSIE such that "unsafe ActiveX controls" can be used. At the very least, the setting must be "prompt", not "disable". If you feel comfortable doing it, you could use "enable".

01-17-2013, 08:38 PM	PM User \| #27
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,203 Thanks: 59 Thanked 3,996 Times in 3,965 Posts	Oh, sigh. I should have tried this myself. The problem is DROP DEAD obvious! I did: Code: <script> var drives = "BDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; ... var driveletter = drives[d]; But MSIE--even MSIE 9--doesn't SUPPORT treating a string as an array of character! You just have to change that line to Code: var driveletter = drives.charAt(d); and presto! It all works. Again, though, you must have your security settings in MSIE such that "unsafe ActiveX controls" can be used. At the very least, the setting must be "prompt", not "disable". If you feel comfortable doing it, you could use "enable". __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.