> process them into your site. (if you resize/thumbnail/etc) Oh, yes, definitely. The image processing of CF 8 is the main reason why I upgraded from CF 4.5! I was soooo glad to see those capabilities!
> -----Original Message----- > From: William Seiter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:57 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Pre-filling FileField Values > > I believe the Zip functionality that was suggested to the CFnewbie poster > would be an ideal solution for > your 20 photos. > > You can instruct the client to zip all of the photos into a zip file and then > upload using the form. > > You can check to see if it is a .zip file, if it is, you can unzip it to your > app directory and then > loop over the image files inside to process them into your site. (if you > resize/thumbnail/etc) > > Good luck, > > William > > >Actually, I was just responding to someone's request > >on the cf-newbie list for a way to upload an entire directory > >at once. > > > >I thought perhaps there was a way to auto-fill with a > >cfdirectory-generated list and corresponding fields for > >each file that would be pre-filled, then all the user would > >have to do is hit the submit button to upload all the files > >in the fields. Just trying to avoid each file being selected > >individually for the user. > > > >However, I could certainly use this feature in my real estate apps. > >Sometimes clients want to load 20 photos or more of a property > >and they complain about having to select each photo individually. > > > >I've used javascript to create an "Add another file upload field" > >function that clones the filefields and prevents the user from > >having to submit one file at a time, > >but they still have to select each file using "Browse". > > > >At this point, I don't see how pre-filling the fields with values > >that the user is placing there is a security risk. I'm sure in some > >way that I'm not familiar with the function could be abused. > > > >It just seems like with some limitations placed on a "group file upload", > >such as no hidden fields allowed, etc, that the function could be > >brought into use without security risks. The name of the file (which > >is often obscured in the filefields without working to view the filename) > >could be placed above the filefields when they are generated to assure > >the user of what's being uploaded. > > > >There are javascript solutions for this, so why can't CF have one > >that doesn't pose a security risk, if the javascript solutions don't? > > > >Rick > > > > > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
