[thelist] free asp file upload component

[Norman Beresford]

Hi Sarah

Moving/Copying/Deleting files you're dealing with the file system, which
is why you use the FSO to handle it.  When uploading files you're using
a multi-part form submission, which you need to fiddle with to get the
files from.  It is something you can do purely through script, if you
understand the rfc for that form of file transmission.  All that file
upload components are doing for you is hiding that plumbing away from
you (and hopefully running faster).

When you move to ASP.net you'll discover that M$ have addressed that
problem and you can now save an uploaded file in one line of code:

File.PostedFile.SaveAs("MyFilePath\MyFileName")

Norman

-----Original Message-----
From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Sweeney
Sent: 16 January 2004 16:14
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thelist] free asp file upload component


 >> So I've decided that I can get away with a VBScript component, just
>> for the file uploading. Problem is, of the four I've tried so far  >>
(found after even more googling), none of them seems to include the  >>
ability to actually *delete* a file. Go figure. Can anyone suggest a  >>
free component that will both upload and delete files?

 > You could delete the file yourself using FSO.

Ah, I see! Apparently this is what I had done with my original JScript 
code, and thought it had something to do with the component I had been 
using. Thanks to Norman and Marcus for clearing this up for me :)

On a side note: it seems so easy to move/copy/delete files - why is it 
so hard to upload them?

Sarah
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