Read a directory on the clients box

All,
I have written some code that when you make a pick in the web browser I want it to give you a list of files in a directory on your computer.
File current_dir = new File("e:\\pro_work\\.proi");
String file_list[] = current_dir.list();
This is a piece of the code I use and it seems to work fine when I am testing the application on my own box. When I go over to another persons machine and try it . I get the directory listing of my computer. I am using Netbeans as the server until I get it finished and deploy it. Any help on how Ithe client would see the list of iles on there machine would be appreciated. Thanks

No, you can't access the client computer with java code.
Java runs on the server. Thats why they call it Java Server Pages.
You would need an applet/activex control to access the client computer's file system.

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