Well the purpose is to capture and store the Directory as part of a configuration routine. Then days in the future other users of the application will trigger it to process some datafiles... but coldfusion needs to know where those datafiles are located. The current user has no idea where they are stored... they just want the files in the directory processed.
Currently during the configuration session we can capture it by making them point to a file in the directory and then stripping the actual file name from the network path they navigated down... however how to do this when there is NO file in the directory for them to use while configuring the Directory Location for future use... that is the problem... which Dave suggests can only be solved using AIR :-( On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > also u do not need to remember the path as this is the default behaviour of > windows. When you open a browse window it always takes you to the last > location you used. > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > >> >> > Using <input type="file" works great to let a user point to a file... >> > but how do you let the user browse and point to a Directory? >> > >> > I am trying to figure out how to let a user browse to a particular >> > directory location on their network and then capture that location for >> > future use. In this instance the application will always look in this >> > location for files that it needs to process for the user. >> >> There's nothing built into HTML to capture a directory path. Also, >> browsers won't let you store a directory path for later use, for >> security reasons - the user always has to choose the file directly. >> >> Adobe AIR is a nice alternative here. Downloadable applications can do >> all sorts of things that browsers won't allow. >> >> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >> http://www.figleaf.com/ >> http://training.figleaf.com/ >> >> Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on >> GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized >> instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
