Setting up a simple file downloading system with VBScript and ASP is no sweat. The primary use for a system like this is to allow downloading of any TEXT based file that would normally be served via a client's browser and be unable to be downloaded. A secondary use is to allow download access to directories outside the public server space or a hidden directory within the website. This tutorial shows you how. Full source code available.

This article illustrates some great uses of the File System Object. It shows how to choose a drive to search, and then builds a listbox of all the folders on that drive. Choose a folder and it builds a listbox of all the files in that folder. Choose a File and it will display it in the browser or prompt you to save the file to your hard drive.

Often you will need to display the contents of a file on your server. This article shows you what regular expressions to use to successfully display HTML, including automatically making any hyperlinks live.

This tutorial will show you how use the File Scripting Object to both write to and append to a text file.

Initially developed to index ASP pages for a search capability, this article gives you a generic function to walk through your sub-folders using the FileSystemObject. Also discusses recursion and passing functions as parameters.

This article describes how to build a very powerful, potentially destructive application using the File System Object. It should never be implemented in a production environment without ensuring that proper security precautions have been taken to maintain the integrity of the data contained on the web server.

This article shows how easily we can handle file through asp.

This tutorial explains opening, reading and creating files using example codes. Up to 6 examples are used.

This is a complete tutorial on uploading files to the server hard disk using ASP ( VBScript ).

Shows how to create a text file using the File Scripting Object.