[thelist] File button
Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)
peter at easylistbox.com
Tue Nov 7 10:50:58 CST 2006
Hi Daniel,
There are some (very relevant) security restrictions that keep you from programmatically filling the file input element. Usually if you want to provide a Save/Edit feature on a form with a file input, you'll have to upload and save the current file, and then display the name in a text field as you've already done. If they want the same file, you've already gotten it; if not, they can pick a new one and you can replace the old one on the server.
Cheers,
Peter
From: Daniel Kessler danielk at umd.edu
I have a form where the user can select a file to upload. When the
user wants to edit the information, I refill the form, but it seems
that there's no way to refill that button/file that had the upload
information. In replace of that, I put in an inactive text field
with the name of the file in it. Is there a way to instead fill in
the file name in the button/field so that they can click browse and
select something different if needed?
--
Daniel Kessler
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