I don't know of a way to tell if it is a file (path actually) off hand but you can probably make sure that they entered a file name and or path using JS.
I used the following code to make sure that the user only uploaded pdf files. Actually it just makes sure that the last 4 characters are .pdf ... nothing is 100% with this sorta stuff. http://mgt.pastebin.com/d1208d2d1 Leftcorner.com is no longer online. Here is the Leftcorner.js source. It is pretty handy. http://mgt.pastebin.com/f381ce049 HTH G On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Robert Harrison < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using CFFORM and CFINPUT TYPE="FILE" field. The CFFILE field is optional so > it can be blank or contain a file. No problem there. Problem is, if the > user > types a value in the CFFILE field, the submit button is disabled and there > is no user message telling them what's wrong. > > I could find no validation for the CFFILE field. Any idea on how I can give > the user a message if the value in the CFFILE field is not a file? > > Thanks > > > > Robert B. Harrison > Director of Interactive services > Austin & Williams > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 > T : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 > F : 631.434.7022 > www.austin-williams.com > > Great advertising can't be either/or... It must be &. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307243 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
