Hi Don, The mime type of the file is determined by the browser (client side), and then sent in the HTTP request to upload the file. ColdFusion uses the same mime type sent by the browser in cffile. So it sounds like the accept attribute of cffile is causing this exception to be thrown.
Try adding this mime type to the cffile accept attribute list, and then make sure you are validating the file extension of the uploaded file to be doc or docx. -- Pete Freitag - Adobe Community Professional http://foundeo.com/ - ColdFusion Consulting & Products http://petefreitag.com/ - My Blog http://hackmycf.com - Is your ColdFusion Server Secure? On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Don <danfar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Folks =) > > Trying to upload a file ( word doc ) that is concurrently OPEN in the OS. > > Upon upload attempt via cffile coldfusion is seemingly returning a mime > type error: > > "The MIME type of the uploaded file application/octet-stream was not > accepted by the server." > > is there a way to prevent (open) files from being uploaded? > > how would I ignore/bypass this error so as to actually upload the original > file? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
