My understanding is that the 'value' field is ignored for security reasons, and RFC 1867 does not require that the original file name be supplied for those same security reasons.
-- Martin Cooper > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Germuska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:39 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: FormFile/DiskFile and form validation/redisplay > during file > uploa d > > > I don't know of any browser which actually does anything with the > "value" field of an input type "file". The fact that the html:file > tag puts a value in is just a side effect of FileTag extending > BaseFieldTag. > > Sorry. This isn't a Struts thing, it's a browser thing. Try making > a static HTML form and setting some value in that field which makes > your browser pre-fill the field. I just tried it on Mozilla 1.0/Mac > OS X, just to make sure I wasn't speaking too quickly, but the value > was completely ignored. > > Joe > > > >Am I missing something, or does anyone know how I can get > the full client > >side path to the file? I scrounged around the upload source > a bit, but can't > >see where this would be done. Also, it does not appear that > the original > >filename is guaranteed to be supplied either ( see > >http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1867.txt) > > -- > -- > * Joe Germuska { [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > "It's pitiful, sometimes, if they've got it bad. Their eyes get > glazed, they go white, their hands tremble.... As I watch them I > often feel that a dope peddler is a gentleman compared with the man > who sells records." > --Sam Goody, 1956 > tune in posse radio: <http://www.live365.com/stations/289268> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
