Good point. That hadn't even occurred to me. Funny how simple things
like that get by you when you think a problem is complicated. :)

> as long as you're not using the
> enctype="multipart/form-data" n your <form> tag, the file
> can't be uploaded can it?
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Gonzo Rock
>   To: CF-Talk
>   Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:20 PM
>   Subject: using <input type="file" question

>   I have a form where the user can capture a link to a
>   file.

>   They click on Browse and navigate their network and
>   point to the file they
>   want to link to. (Bullet Proof browse to the file.)

>   When the form is submitted I capture the full path to
>   the file with some
>   _javascript_
>   kinda thing.

>   Then I use that full path and store it so that when
>   someone wants to visit
>   the link they can ... (if they have permissions across
>   their internal
>   network to open/read the file).

>   The issue is that even though I am only storing the full
>   network path name
>   the file is being uploaded and then discarded.

>      -- Can this behavior be suppressed?

>      -- Is their a way that would suppress it that would
>      not require me to
>   build an equivalent browse tool that can be used across
>   linux/windows
>   clients and cfServers?

>   Thanks again to anyone who knows,
>   Gonz

>
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