HTML input

j00w00t · 05-27-2005, 05:14 PM

i need to read in text from a text file and input it to my current webpage.
i can't seem to come up with the code for it and any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Basscyst · 05-27-2005, 09:29 PM

On the server or on the client's machine?

Vapor · 05-27-2005, 09:31 PM

When you opened your text file did you be sure to save it with the extension as .html?

j00w00t · 05-27-2005, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basscyst

On the server or on the client's machine?

the file is on the server.

dannyhayes · 05-27-2005, 09:56 PM

Dunno then.

j00w00t · 05-27-2005, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vapor

When you opened your text file did you be sure to save it with the extension as .html?

i can't save it as any other. i have a program that outputs the name of the song that is currently playing into a text file. i need to read that text file into my webpage for all to see what i am listening to.

Basscyst · 05-27-2005, 10:08 PM

Load the text file into a hidden <iframe>. Then you can read the value out of the <iframe>. If only the name of a single song is in the file, you could even just make the frame visible and just have it display the text straight.

ex.

Code:

<iframe src="myfile.txt" style="display:none;"></iframe>

Make sense?

Basscyst