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bennyz12 · Jul 29th, 2005, 8:07 PM

Is that any solution to upload a file without using the Input type="file" ?
The browser I need to handle now cannot support pop up window. So I cannot use the FILE type since it need to browse the file with the pop up window. Can I know any other way to upload the file? Thank you

DaWei · Jul 29th, 2005, 8:46 PM

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crawforddavid2006 · Jul 31st, 2005, 8:32 PM

Try making something like a hyperlink

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<a href="name of file if in the same folder"> Name of Link </a>

If you dont have the file in the same folder than you should try something like this

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<a href="c:/foldername/filename.whatever"> Name of Link </a>

Sorry if i am completely of target but i hope that helps.

iignotus · Aug 3rd, 2005, 11:15 PM

Well first of all, I don't know why a browser that blocks pop-ups would block a Browse... dialog -- that's interaction with the OS's API, not HTML.

Furthermore, if you need to upload a file, you can use one of those type="file" boxes and just type in the name, like

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C:\myfile.ext

That's all browsing for the file would do, anyways.

mackenga · Aug 31st, 2005, 7:53 AM

Using a link to a file on the user's local filesystem; like:

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<A href="C:\foo.txt">

won't work for obvious privacy/security reasons. What happens instead is that the user, on following the link, sees that local file rendered in their browser (assuming their browser, like most, can open local files this way). This can be disorientating for users, since they get the impression that file has somehow gone to your website (particularly if you use a frameset) but it's just a prank and has no useful applications that I know of, really; the file stays on their machine.

There isn't really a way to upload a file without using <INPUT type="file">, since that's the only way you can get the browser to send a file and the server to receive one. (Make sure you set the form's encoding to "multipart/form-data" when using this feature, by the way; probably won't solve your problem but it's inefficient to do otherwise and who knows, some browsers might make defective upload fields if the form's encoding is the default ("application/x-www-form-urlencoded" I think)).

One way to get a signficant amount of essentially textual data from the user's machine to the server would be to have the user paste it into a TEXTAREA and POST it. That's the only other idea I can think of - failing something elaborate like a Java applet (which would have to be trusted to access the user's filesystem anyway).

Hope this helps.

Infinite Recursion · Aug 31st, 2005, 8:39 AM

PHP makes this simple.

Ooble · Aug 31st, 2005, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bennyz12

Is that any solution to upload a file without using the Input type="file" ?
The browser I need to handle now cannot support pop up window. So I cannot use the FILE type since it need to browse the file with the pop up window. Can I know any other way to upload the file? Thank you

What browser is that? The file select window isn't a popup window, but an integral part of the browser or OS. You're not still using Mosaic, are ya? :p

iignotus · Aug 31st, 2005, 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iignotus

Well first of all, I don't know why a browser that blocks pop-ups would block a Browse... dialog -- that's interaction with the OS's API, not HTML.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ooble

What browser is that? The file select window isn't a popup window, but an integral part of the browser or OS. You're not still using Mosaic, are ya?

Is there an echo in here?

Ooble · Aug 31st, 2005, 3:59 PM

Shush you. :p

I'm tired. That's my excuse.

Jul 29th, 2005, 8:07 PM	#1
bennyz12 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Upload file without using <INPUT TYPE="FILE"> Is that any solution to upload a file without using the Input type="file" ? The browser I need to handle now cannot support pop up window. So I cannot use the FILE type since it need to browse the file with the pop up window. Can I know any other way to upload the file? Thank you

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Jul 31st, 2005, 8:32 PM	#3
crawforddavid2006 Expert Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Not sure yet Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	Try this Try making something like a hyperlink (Toggle Plain Text) <a href="name of file if in the same folder"> Name of Link </a> <a href="name of file if in the same folder"> Name of Link </a> If you dont have the file in the same folder than you should try something like this (Toggle Plain Text) <a href="c:/foldername/filename.whatever"> Name of Link </a> <a href="c:/foldername/filename.whatever"> Name of Link </a> Sorry if i am completely of target but i hope that helps. Last edited by crawforddavid2006; Jul 31st, 2005 at 8:33 PM. Reason: needed to add on

Aug 3rd, 2005, 11:15 PM	#4
iignotus Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nowhere Special Posts: 466 Rep Power: 4	Well first of all, I don't know why a browser that blocks pop-ups would block a Browse... dialog -- that's interaction with the OS's API, not HTML. Furthermore, if you need to upload a file, you can use one of those type="file" boxes and just type in the name, like (Toggle Plain Text) C:\myfile.ext C:\myfile.ext That's all browsing for the file would do, anyways. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) % rc4 hexkey < input > output #define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file / unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)charv;{++v;while(++i)s[ i]=i;for(c=0;(v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i] +k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;}

Aug 31st, 2005, 7:53 AM	#5
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	Using a link to a file on the user's local filesystem; like: (Toggle Plain Text) <A href="C:\foo.txt"> <A href="C:\foo.txt"> won't work for obvious privacy/security reasons. What happens instead is that the user, on following the link, sees that local file rendered in their browser (assuming their browser, like most, can open local files this way). This can be disorientating for users, since they get the impression that file has somehow gone to your website (particularly if you use a frameset) but it's just a prank and has no useful applications that I know of, really; the file stays on their machine. There isn't really a way to upload a file without using <INPUT type="file">, since that's the only way you can get the browser to send a file and the server to receive one. (Make sure you set the form's encoding to "multipart/form-data" when using this feature, by the way; probably won't solve your problem but it's inefficient to do otherwise and who knows, some browsers might make defective upload fields if the form's encoding is the default ("application/x-www-form-urlencoded" I think)). One way to get a signficant amount of essentially textual data from the user's machine to the server would be to have the user paste it into a TEXTAREA and POST it. That's the only other idea I can think of - failing something elaborate like a Java applet (which would have to be trusted to access the user's filesystem anyway). Hope this helps.

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