Is that location inside of the web root? You say the file exists but isn't openable, right? If it is outside of the web root, you may need to add a mapping to the server.
---------------------- William Seiter On May 7, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Tony <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi there. > > im sending a file to my server with the following code: > <cffile action="upload" destination="d:\webserver\doman.com\www\docs" > nameconflict="overwrite" filefield="pdf_file" attributes="readonly" /> > > the result of this when I browse the file in chrome and safari (on my > mac) both result in a "Failed to Load PDF Document" error. > > _however_ > > if I simply ftp the file, the same exact file from my machine, and I > browse to it, it's working just fine :) > > *when I use CFFILE, the file actually appears on the server, and i can > see the file, with filesize as I would expect it. > > this doesnt work, I need to build this for my client to manage the > files themselves, ive done this 20 other times > for other clients, but today, its just not working... any clues?! > > ive tried every attribute i can think of... nothing is making sense. > > thanks > tw > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm