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Is it possible for a webpage to popup a open folder dialog, ask the user to select a folder, then show the contents of that folder in a list(or something) in the webpage.
It won’t write to the files, only read them.
The webpage is hosted remotely.
Jonathan
In a word… No.
Requiring an ActiveX plug-in for your application is an invitation to utter failure. Unless you are writing a very target-specific app for an intranet where you control the client configuration, this is just a horrible idea.
There are strict limitations on what a web-based application can do, and this is one of them. What are you trying to accomplish? Perhaps there’s a way to do it with a standard file upload dialog? Or WebDAV?