For getting the file type, if you are using php, see:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mime-content-type.php

-David R

On 11/16/05, M Daggett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was able to get it working with the url string like you mentioned...
> basically I store the session in the DB and generate a key that will expire
> after some time. Then the key is appended to the URL. When the url is posted
> the session is retrieved etc. etc. etc.
>
> One thing that is annoying though is that you can't get the correct
> content_type from the upload. Typically with a file upload you know what
> type of file it is images/jpeg for example. However flash just defaults to
> application/octecstream. That is really annoying for trying to parse out
> good and bad file types.
>
> Mark
>
> On 11/16/05, Ryan Matsikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > you can't append anything to the "file" data but you can append to the
> > url,
> > and then fetch it in yer upload script.. it will be sent as a GET..
> >
> > Also note with sessions.. they arent properly created in firefox and
> > safari.. so don't count on that.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ryan
> >
> > On 11/15/05, M Daggett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you know if you can append extra parameters into the FileData?
> > >
> > > For example, I would like to allow users to describe their picture
> > (name,
> > > title) but I don't have anyway to put that into the upload. I guess if
> > > worse
> > > came to worse I could add it to the URL but that is far from elegant.
> > >
> > > Additionally, it appears that you have to do the same thing with the
> > > session
> > > id if you would like to maintain state with the appserver.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/3/05, bryan.rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 3, 2005, at 9:19 PM, David Rorex wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is there a reason you need to change it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > No - just curious. Thanx.
> > > >
> > > > blue skies,
> > > > bryan
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