As had been said several different ways, the server has no idea what is on the clients machine, CF will never work that way!
This may not be that difficult if you can designate some FTP space on the server where clients can upload files to and then CF can get to them and do the rest of the processing. In windows, FTP sites can be attached to drive letters, thus the client could simply drag all the images from their "C" drive (physical hard drive) to their "I" drive (mapped FTP site). Of course lots more could be done with other FTP clients as well. HTH -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:57 PM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: RE: How to Browse and Choose Directory... .... ....Oh, yeah, yeah...I see what you're saying...I'm not thinking straight. ....I can't pull files off the client's machine... .... ....But, wait...if I set up a CFFILE upload function that loops through the ....directory that the client specifies...why wouldn't that work? .... ....I'm not accessing the client's machine (as Bryan mentioned), ....the client has simply specified a directory for the CFFILE to look in. .... ....I would have the code loop through the directory that is specified, ...."C:\Photos" compile the list, the use CFFILE to upload each photo ....to my server one at a time... .... ....Why wouldn't that work? .... ....Rick .... .... ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:27 PM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: RE: How to Browse and Choose Directory... .... .... ....The Cold Fusion server cannot see the client's machine, not even for the ....one ....file. .... ....The file is actually sent to the server by the client's browser as part ....of a ....form. The browser is the software that finds the file and uploads it. The ....server cannot see any files on the client's hard drive. .... ....Let's say you did as intended and had the browser send the folder name to ....the server as a form variable. ....The server would receive something like "C:\My photos\" ....The server would try to look in that folder, and not find any photos, ....since ....it would only have access to it's own C: drive, not the client's. .... ....Does this make sense? .... .... ....Jerry Johnson ....Web Developer ....Dolan Media Company .... ....>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/09/05 03:26PM >>> ....It will be a folder somewhere on the client's machine...I have no ....access to it. .... ....Just figured there was a way for a user to designate a directory in CF ....by browsing their machine... .... .... .... .... .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198033 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
