htmlfile

Create a new ActiveXObject powered htmlfile which includes feature detection and prevention against blockage by firewalls / virus scanners due to it's dependency upon the axo module.

Installation

This module was designed to be used with commonjs compatible environment such as node and browserify, the package it self is released in npm can be installed using:

npm install --save htmlfile

Usage

In all examples we assume that the module loaded as:

var htmlfile = require('htmlfile');

The require call returns a function which can be used for the construction of htmlfiles. This function accepts one optional argument which is used to set the document.domain of the newly created htmlfile instance. If no domain is provided it will default to document.domain:

var file = htmlfile();
 
//
// Or with a custom domain:
//
file = htmlfile('//github.com');

htmlfile.supported

As ActiveXObject is an Internet Explorer only technology you need to check if your current browser environment is supported. This can be done by calling the .supported method on the htmlfile function. A boolean will be returned indicating if the environment can construct htmlfiles:

if (!htmlfile.supported()) throw new Error('Not supported, upgrade to IE5 ;-)');

htmlfile.destroy

Once you are done with using the htmlfile it needs to be cleaned up to prevent memory leaks and IE odd ness. Make sure you dereference the returned htmlfile from all your variables and properties and call the destroy method to trigger the IE specific garbage collection:

var file = htmlfile();
 
// .. do stuff
 
// Unreference the file and destroy all the things.
file = null;
htmlfile.destroy();

License

MIT