txt file creation

[Paul Evans]

Hi,

Can anyone help?

I'm new to creating webpages so please bear with me! I want to create a web
page that has a textbox where a visitor can enter text (possible upto a few
thousand words). When then hit submit, I want the text to be saved as a txt
file by the name which the visitors specify. I wish for all the files that
visitors create to be listed in some sort of table where other visitors can
click on to view the files.

I've been told that it is not wise to use the ASP.NET pages for security
reasons. What other alternatives are there? Please could someone point me
in the write direction?

I've seen forums where text that a vistor submits is instantly viewable for
visitors to see. How do they do this? Is it through XML (what ever that
is)

Thanks for your time

Paul Evans
(new to web creation and very daunted)

 

[Kevin Spencer]

I've been told that it is not wise to use the ASP.NET pages for security

reasons. What other alternatives are there? Please could someone point me
in the write direction?

Who on earth told you that?! ASP.Net is as secure as it gets. I wouldn't
believe anything which that person tells you ever again!

Here's the deal. You're going to have to write a server-side application.
You can use ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, CGI, or what-have-you, but you're going to
need a server-side programming technology to accomplish your task. If you
have no programming experience, ASP is about the easiest to use, but it is
still a learning curve. You may want to farm out this job to a programmer
with experience.

But not the person who told you that ASP.Net isn't wise! ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.

 

[Jon Spivey]

Paul,
Your question sounds a little "strange" to me. Who's going to type a few
thousand words on to a web page and why? Who's going to want to view this
text? Why do you want to save this text to a file rather than a database?
The advice you've been given about asp.net and security is nonsense -
asp.net (or any other programming language) is perfectly capable of creating
a text file without security issues.

Perhaps you could post back with a bit more detail about what exactly your
business requirements are and what is available to you (asp/asp.net/php etc)

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

there are some simple ways to do what you want, sort of....
maybe if you explain what youre trying to do and why someone will have a
better answer for you.

you could at a very minimum use something like
http://www.mezzoblue.com/bluespark/

but with better information you'll get a better suggestion.

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

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