[thelist] JavaScript fun

[jeff]

Jim,

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: From: Jim McNulty
:
: First, I think Anthony is right and it
: should be done server side.
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Agreed.

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: If you must do it client side, [...]
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... then you wouldn't be uploading files cause you gotta know the name of
the file on the server so you can make sure it gets the same name.

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: Then, on the "uploadfile" field, put in
: an onChange event handler.
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little known fact:  the onChange event handler on a file upload field does
not work.  instead, you'll be better off setting the value when the form is
submitted via the onSubmit event handler.

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: function getName()
: {
:    // parse the uploadfile value for the name
:    myRegExp = /[^/\\]*\..*/gi;
:    document.mainForm.filename.value =
: myRegExp.exec(document.mainForm.uploadfile.value);
: }
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what's wrong with good old strings functions?

function getName()
{
   // parse the uploadfile value for the name
   form = document.mainForm;
   fullpath = form.uploadfile.value;
   filename = fullpath.substring(fullpath.lastIndexOf('\\') + 1);
   document.mainForm.filename.value = filename;
}

good luck,

.jeff

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