Would some JavaScript work here. When they submit the file could you not use a script to check the size before the send and in a function just return true or false. I have not done this but from what reading I have done about JavaScript I think it would work. But will say I just learning this stuff, Kinda self taught crash course :) Good Luck David ----- Original Message ----- From: "PC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Re: How to limit size of upload files using CFFILE?? > Thanks -- this is what I thought would be the only way -- don't like it much > tho, because a user can attempt to send a massive file -- and it'd be nice > to make this impossible .. I'll fish around for some code tho -- I would > think Hotmail and Yahoomail and the like have some way of limiting the size > of attachments .... before they're actually sent to the server... > > > No, but you can upload the file to the server, check the filesize there, > > and delete if it is too large sending an error message back to the user > > that the file was rejected because it was over the max file size. I can > > send you code for this if you like. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To Unsubscribe visit > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or > send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in > the body. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
