Thanks. I'll give it a shot. What about the <CFFILE> function. Has anyone used it to upload files to the server? Is it better than a simple input statement in an HTML form?
_____ Gary L. Alford Manufacturing Operations Project Specialist Bell Helicopter XWorx Phone: (817) 280-6233 Fax: (817) 278-6233 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison _____ -----Original Message----- From: Matt Woodward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: File Upload... 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/)? > > _____ > > Gary L. Alford > Manufacturing Operations Project Specialist > Bell Helicopter XWorx > Phone: (817) 280-6233 Fax: (817) 278-6233 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work. > Thomas A. Edison > _____ > > -----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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work. > > Thomas A. 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