[funkeq]

hey guys

just a little question i want to get a folder path from a user and i want them to be able to browse there own harddrive via a windows explorer window to get the path ?

any ideas on how i can get a file explorer window to pop up after they push a form button? then they select the directory they want and it inputs the info back to my form?

i have seen this done a few times before mostly on file upload sites but all the code is hidden

cheers for your help

tim

[Luke Skywalker]

Hi Tim,

there is an input-field type that does exactly what you want. try the following code in your form to let the user choose a file. the accept parameter holds the MIME-type - choose whatever file-type should be choosable (now its images).

<input name="choose_file" type="file" size="50" accept="image/*">

cheers Luke

[funkeq]

hey thanks alot ill look into it

thanks again

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Hi Tim,

there is an input-field type that does exactly what you want. try the following code in your form to let the user choose a file. the accept parameter holds the MIME-type - choose whatever file-type should be choosable (now its images).

<input name="choose_file" type="file" size="50" accept="image/*">

cheers Luke

[emoboi86]

How ever, Tim, you should know that you must now address the the "enctype" attribute of your form tag.

<form action="foo.cfm" method="post" name="foo" enctype="multipart/form-data">

If you don't do this, only the text of your file field will be sent. By specifying a multi-part form, you pass the temporary file with it. Just letting you know!

~ben~