[thelist] <input type="file"> default value

Joshua Olson joshua at alphashop.net
Mon Oct 1 15:54:52 CDT 2001


No can do my friend.  Security concerns do not allow this.  Image the terror
that could ensue if you set the default value to some sensitive file on the
client machine!  No client that I know of supports this feature and none
that I know of plan to.

-joshua

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beau Hartshorne" <beau at cubeinc.ca>
Subject: [thelist] <input type="file"> default value


: Hi list,
:
: Anyone know a way to have the <input type="file"> element contain a
: default path/filename, like you would expect from:
:
: <input type="file" name="Image" value="C:\filename.gif">





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