Working with “Out” Parameters in JavaScript

Question

I am working with an ActiveX control in Internet Explorer 8 that is to display a save file dialog which let\'s the user choose a file name and file type (jpg, gif, etc). Th

Answer 1

Unfortunately, out/ByRef parameters will only work in JScript for objects; not for any other type (numbers, strings).

In this case, you’ll have to use VBScript, which does support ByRef arguments, or like maerics says, write a VB/VBScript wrapper for the SaveFileDialog method, which could return an object containing both file name and type.