Will, Yes, but look further. in the paragraph below it says:
Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera do not use the VALUE attribute as the default contents of the input area. Any default value set via HTML is not usable via scripting and the DOM as well (hence it is not listed as 'supported' in any of the browsers.) If a user enters text in the field however, that value is then reachable via the DOM as it normally would be for a normal INPUT field (via the .value property.) The reason for this behavior would presumably be to ensure the security/safety of users against malicious authors. ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:21 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Pre-populating a "file" form field but according to this (http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/i/inputfile.htm) it does have a value attribute, and also a readonly attribute. will -----Original Message----- From: Boardwine, David L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 January 2003 16:07 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Pre-populating a "file" form field The problem is the INPUT TYPE="File" has no value attribute. Therefore there is no way to re-populate it. DavidB -----Original Message----- From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:58 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Pre-populating a "file" form field ----- Original Message ----- > One of the fields is a "file" field however. When I try to "pre-populate" > that field with the original user choice, it fails. I'm sure this is > because of the special nature of the file field, and I've told my client > that I do not believe it can be done. Does anyone know of a trick to > re-fill the file field with the users original choice? --------------------------- I've never had a client complain about this, ergo I've never thought about it before ;-) But yeah, I've noticed it in passing, and thinking about it now, the only thing that comes to mind is: - onsubmit, copy the file field's value into a hidden field with JS - Use this hidden field to re-populate the file field Haven't tried it, but can't see why it wouldn't work. Gyrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://www.tengai.co.uk play: http://norlonto.net PGP key available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
