[Javascript] dynamically setting the value for a file selectelement

[Chris Tifer]

I don't believe there's ANY way to do this - signed script or not.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David T. Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] dynamically setting the value for a file
selectelement


> My notes show that only a signed script can do this, and only on fairly
recent (patched) browsers. Of course, this may be "forward-thinking" (aka
"smoke-and-mirrors") on the part of M$oft, as many of these "enhancements"
announced last year have still to
> be implemented.  I don't know about Mozilla et al, as I'm not privy to
their developer's lists.
>
> God knows, M$oft doesn't need to create any more security holes in their
browser (IE) -- it looks like a sieve now!
>
> -- Dave Lovering
>
> Geoff Corriere wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a form that users fill out to order products. Prior to
> > submitting the form to place the order, the form gets submitted in
> > order to calculate pricing. PHP handles the server side programming and
> > kicks back the pricing, the form, and all the data the user entered to
> > the same file that originally submitted the form. Any data the user
> > previously entered into form fields (such as name & address) gets
> > flowed into the form. This works fine with form elements such as text
> > fields and radio selects.
> >
> > The problem I am having is with <input type="file"> elements. I have
> > not figured out a way to dynamically set the value of the element. I
> > cannot set the value of the element using PHP. And any attempts to set
> > the value with JavaScript give me "Security errors" in Venkman's JS
> > debugger.
> >
> > Any ideas on dynamically setting the value for a file select element?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Geoff
> >
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