When you upload a file using the CFFILE tag, the file is first UPLOADED to the web server by IIS using a GET or POST command. Then IIS passes it along to CF. IIS, unfortunately, writes GET and POST data to MEMORY before passing it along to CF. There is no way to make IIS do it any other way.
We got around this limitation by using an ActiveX component called "Catalyst File Uploader". It can upload files using a PUT command instead of a GET or a POST. You just need to have a directory setup on your web server with at least one user that has write access to it, then use the control to PUT the file into that directory, passing along the username/password credentials. We even created our own wrapper ActiveX control that displays a file picker interface that allows the user to upload multiple files at once. IIS handles the PUT command differently than the GET or POST commands. The PUT command was intended for large files, where the GET And POST were not. It stores the file directly to the disk when accepting a PUT, so the only limitation on file size is your filesystem and available disk space. If you don't want to limit your users to IE, I am sure there are Java based applets that work in a similar fashion. Our clients have had many problems with client side Java so we try to avoid it if we can. Our sites are not used by the general public anyway, so limiting clients to using IE was not a problem for us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart E. McGuire E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior IT Consultant Phone: (914) 641-2911 Red Oak Consulting Fax: (914) 641-2998 Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. Cell: (845) 216-1626 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5737 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
