Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-12 Thread Brandon
Why don't you just throw your directory structure into the database and select it from a dropdown? Maybe do some ajax to simulate the parent/child relationship when a directory is selected. On Oct 4, 2010 6:08 PM, Gonzo Rock gonzor...@gmail.com wrote: Using input type=file works great to let a

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-12 Thread Gonzo Rock
Seeing your email Brandon got me thinking about this again and I actually found a solution after deciding to google fakepath from this resource: http://acidmartin.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/the-mystery-of-cfakepath-unveiled/ the real path to the file will be shown only if the page that contains

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-05 Thread Gonzo Rock
IE definitely used to pass the full path... we created a feature based on it where someone high level could configure links to documents that existed somewhere on the users network... //machine/path/path/filename.extension Then users using the application could open the files on their local

How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Gonzo Rock
Using input type=file works great to let a user point to a file... but how do you let the user browse and point to a Directory? I am trying to figure out how to let a user browse to a particular directory location on their network and then capture that location for future use. In this instance

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Dave Watts
Using input type=file works great to let a user point to a file... but how do you let the user browse and point to a Directory? I am trying to figure out how to let a user browse to a particular directory location on their network and then capture that location for future use.  In this

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Russ Michaels
also u do not need to remember the path as this is the default behaviour of windows. When you open a browse window it always takes you to the last location you used. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: Using input type=file works great to let a user point to

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Gonzo Rock
Well the purpose is to capture and store the Directory as part of a configuration routine. Then days in the future other users of the application will trigger it to process some datafiles... but coldfusion needs to know where those datafiles are located. The current user has no idea where they

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread William Seiter
AIR is not the only method, but you can't get it done with just html. You will need A java applet or flash or air or some other program that can talk to the system as well as your app. -- William Seiter On Oct 4, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Gonzo Rock gonzor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread enigment
You might be best off just having them type it in, and complain if it doesn't exist. These are users at a high enough level that they're configuring things, yes? Maybe the simplest solutions is the best. Dave On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:47 PM, William Seiter will...@seiter.com wrote: AIR is not

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Gonzo Rock
agh! Just noticed that techniques developed to capture the network path no longer work... c:/fakepath Expect that is because of a security upgrade that has occurred with browsers in the last few years... as hinted at by Dave Watts when he said... not possible. Yes perhaps typing it in

Re: How to point to a Directory?

2010-10-04 Thread Dave Watts
agh!  Just noticed that techniques developed to capture the network path no longer work... c:/fakepath   Expect that is because of a security upgrade that has occurred with browsers in the last few years... as hinted at by Dave Watts when he said... not possible. To the best of my