> -----Original Message-----
> Posted on behalf of a friend...
>
> > I'm trying to find a way of uploading files (from client to
> server) without
> > having an applet at the client side. Am using forms on
> client-side (with
> > "input type=file") to go get the filename, and I think I
> found a reference
> > to sending it with the "post" action on submit (will have
> to check that),
> > but haven't yet found the code to decode/extract it at the
> server end.
>
> Does anyone know if transferring a file to server is possible
> in this manner...
> I'd hate to see the guy running down the wrong road for too
> long on this one...
I'd suggest:
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
as this will cause the browser to send the form elements as multipart MIME
packets in the HTTP request. The file (if one is specified) is sent as one
of those MIME packets.
On the server end, it really depends on the server you use. With CGI, the
whole request is passed to the CGI program via stdin. On UNIX machines,
this is fine; but on Windows, stdin/out only handles text. With ISAPI, it
is the same idea, but is done in-memory - and it handles binary files.
> > I'm trying to find a way of uploading files (from client to
> server) without
> > having an applet at the client side.
The applet still needs to go through the web server to upload the file
(unless you use FTP).
Regards,
Dennis.
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