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can a text field be set to display a *.txt file?

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Feb 15.2005

can a text field be set to display a *.txt file?

I’m using dreamweaver mx, no luck so far, can only input text direct into the code!

Any help would be great..

Thanks

Alan

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@ray326Feb 15.2005 — A text area + server side code is your best bet. An alternative is an iframe, Javascript and the DOM, a technique Netscape called "Inner Browsing."
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@aebrooksauthorFeb 15.2005 — ok thanks, i'll post down in the php section and see if they can shed a bit more light on this then!

Thanks again
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@TheBearMayFeb 15.2005 — [code=php]
<script type="text/javascript">
function getFile(fileName){
oxmlhttp = null;
try{
oxmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
oxmlhttp.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
}
catch(e){
try{
oxmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch(e){
return null;
}
}
if(!oxmlhttp) return null;
try{
oxmlhttp.open("GET",fileName,false);
oxmlhttp.send(null);
}
catch(e){
return null;
}
return oxmlhttp.responseText;
}
...
<body onload="document.getElementById('fillMe').value=getFile('someFile.txt');">
...
<input type="text" id="fillMe" />
[/code]
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