Yes, I figured it was a browser issue, I am assuming that nothing can be
done about it... I have looked high and low for workarounds with no avail.
Not a good thing :)
Thanks for taking so much time ... I am going to have the customer try
Netscape for Mac and see if they have any better luck!
Thanks again
Paul Giesenhagen
QuillDesign
> Paul
>
> I got to thinking about this even more...
>
> This is browser-webserver interface problem:
>
> it is the browser's responsibility to provide access to the local file
> for upload (sometimes the browser copiesthe file to a local temp file
> that it creates).
>
> Then the browser sends the file with the form to the web server.
>
> the web server receives the file and saves it in some temporary area.
>
> then the web server passes the information to the cfm template
> specified in the form action.
>
> It appears as if there is something wrong with the browser or web
> server.
>
> It is not a CF problem.
>
> Dick
>
> On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 06:36 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote:
>
> > I got to thinking about this.
> >
> > I couldn't find the uploaded file, because:
> >
> > 1) it is uploaded to a temporary place
> >
> > 2) it is later purged by CFMX (more likely the Default server --
> > apparently at the end of
> > template execution.
> >
> > So I completed the program by adding a cffile to save the uploaded
> > (temporary) file.
> >
> > It worked fine!
> >
> > CFMX on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
> >
> > Browser MS IE 5.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > Here's the program:
> >
> > <cfif NOT isDefined("Form.image")>
> >
> > <form action="TestForm.cfm" method="post"
> > enctype="multipart/form-data"
> > name="ThisForm" id="ThisForm">
> > Title: <input type="text" name="title" value="">
> > <br><br>
> > File Form Field: <input type="file" name="image">
> > <br><br>
> > <input type="submit" value="Run Test">
> > </form>
> >
> > <cfelse>
> >
> > <cfoutput>
> > Here is the results of your test:<hr>
> > Regular InputBox: (#form.title#)<br><br>
> > Result of the file: (#form.image#)<br><br>
> > </cfoutput>
> >
> > <cffile
> > action="upload"
> > destination="/opt/coldfusionmx/wwwroot/mycfmxapps/pic.jpg"
> > filefield="image"
> > nameconflict="overwrite"
> > >
> >
> > <image src="http://127.0.0.1:8500/mycfmxapps/pic.jpg";>
> >
> > </cfif>
> >
> >
> > Here's the result -- the uploaded image is displayed following the
> > displayed file path. (This may be removed by the CF-Talk list):
> >
> > Here is the results of your test:
> >
> >
>
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