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what is equivalent to 'new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")' in javascript for mozilla

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madhavithallam
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To find the hard disk serial number of client system while accessing website in mozilla. By using 'new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")' in javascript acheived above, but not in mozilla.

To find the hard disk serial number of client system while accessing website in mozilla. By using 'new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")' in javascript acheived above, but not in mozilla.

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philipp
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hello madhavithallam, activeX is a proprietary format by microsoft - this won't work through plain javascript.

madhavithallam
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what could be the code to achieve this in mozilla

madhavithallam
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new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")' is working in Internet Explorer not in mozilla, so any other way to do this in javascript for mozilla. Any smart solution please as it is immediate requirement for us

philipp
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hello, i don't think this possible at all but i'm in no way an expert on this. for developer oriented questions you also might be better off asking them in a specialised forum like http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25 since we here at support.mozilla.org are rather focused on support for firefox end-users. thank you for your understanding!

cor-el
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See also the XPCOM documentation on MDN.