I am in the process of learning how to use the CGI.pm module but can not
find a method that will allow me to simply choose a 'remote' file. I
need to be able to return the value path+filename of a file that the
user has browsed to using something like the standard HTML form type:
PINPUT
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 03:00:02PM +0100, Neville Hodder wrote:
I am in the process of learning how to use the CGI.pm module but can not
find a method that will allow me to simply choose a 'remote' file. I
need to be able to return the value path+filename of a file that the
user has browsed to
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, David Dorward wrote:
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 03:00:02PM +0100, Neville Hodder wrote:
I am in the process of learning how to use the CGI.pm module but can not
find a method that will allow me to simply choose a 'remote' file. I
need to be able to return the value
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:42:29AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
It isn't possible. For that sort of thing you'll need something like
an ActiveX control with permission to read the user's file system. (Or
to get the user to type the path to the file).
And that, in turn, can only be reliable
Do you mean you just don't want the actual file uploaded...just the name
of it? You can probably accomplish this by having the file form field
in a separate form (that is not submitted). Then use javascript to
populate the field in the form that actually does get submitted.
-Original
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, David Dorward wrote:
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 11:42:29AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
It isn't possible. For that sort of thing you'll need something like
an ActiveX control with permission to read the user's file system. (Or
to get the user to type the path to the
On Jul 7, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Neville Hodder wrote:
I am in the process of learning how to use the CGI.pm module but can
not
find a method that will allow me to simply choose a 'remote' file. I
need to be able to return the value path+filename of a file that the
user has browsed to using
