No, it has to be a real drive path. You can use
ExpandPath("../videos/") to do that sort of thing however.
Matt
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:27:22 -0600, Alford, Gary L
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can the destination value be a relative path based on where the .cfm page is
> located (i.e. ../videos/)?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Woodward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Fwd: File Upload...
>
> Hi Gary--here's what I sent out yesterday about this.
>
> Matt
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:48:33 -0600
> Subject: Re: File Upload...
> To: [email protected]
>
> Couple points of clarification. First, cffile is the tag that's used
> on the form processing page or in the form processing CFC that handles
> the actual file upload, so you wouldn't use cffile within a cfform.
> You're on the right track with using input type="file" on your form.
> The next step is to use cffile on the form processing page to handle
> the upload.
>
> So first you have to set up your form in a particular way so that it
> knows you're going to be uploading a file. Here's a very simple
> example:
>
> <form action="uploadFile.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
> <input type="file" name="myFile" /><br />
> <input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
> </form>
>
> Note specifically the enctype="multipart/form-data" in the form tag.
> Without this the server won't know you're trying to upload a file.
>
> On the processing page you would use cffile and tell it where to put your
> file.
>
> <cffile action="upload" filefield="myFile" destination="C:\myuploads" />
>
> This is the minimal code you'll need to get a file uploaded. Note
> that the destination value is a path on the server's hard drive, NOT a
> relative or absolute URL.
>
> There are all sorts of other things you can do with file uploads such
> as limiting the types of files that are accepted, the size of file
> that is accepted, tell it how to handle name conflicts between
> uploaded files, etc. but this should get you going. For full details
> check out the livedocs on macromedia.com.
>
> Hope that hleps,
> Matt
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:32:24 -0600, Alford, Gary L
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to develop some code that is capable of uploading video files
> to
> > a specific subdirectory location on the server (please note that I have
> > never tried this before - a first time for everything). I have tried a
> > standard HTML form with <input type=file... and I have tried a CFML form
> > with <CFFILE>. I can't get either one to work.
> >
> > Has anyone out there done this (I'm sure there is) and what is the best /
> > easiest way to accomplish this?
> >
> > Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> > ________________________________
> >
> > Gary L. Alford
> > Manufacturing Operations Project Specialist
> > Bell Helicopter XWorx
> > Phone: (817) 280-6233 Fax: (817) 278-6233
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> >
> > I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work.
> > Thomas A. Edison ________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
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