Re: input file form tag
From: Tim Slattery (Slattery_T_at_bls.gov)
Date: 02/10/05
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:28:14 -0500
richardtinkler@yahoo.com (Richard) wrote:
>I have a client who needs to upload the same 7 files twice a week to
>his web server. FTP is unfortunately not an option as the client is a
>novice, so I have created an admin interface to his website so he can
>easily upload the necessary files.
He can't learn to use WS-FTP LE or any of the free FTP clients? These
things are no harder to use than a Web file upload page.
>However, the client is finding the process of locating the same 7
>files twice a week too laborious and wants the admin page to locate
>the files automatically.
>
>I naively told him 'no problem' as I was under the impression I could
>set the input file tag's value using asp :-( I even tried using an
>input text tag with a multipart form, but no luck.....
Impossible. <input type="file"...> is read only. If you could write a
assign a value to it with script then any random web site could upload
ANY file from your computer without your knowledge.
An FTP client could be configured to open to the correct directory.
-- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov
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