Rick, CFFILE has no way of knowing the client's file system...
CFFILE simply reads encoded data dumped into a HTTP request, converts it to a temp file, and gives the CF code the path to the CF temp file. The browser is the thing which encodes this data destined for the server, and all the server can do is take what it's given. Therefore CFFILE would never be able to read anything other than what the browser gave it. Even applets which offer you a "Select Folder" to upload, ultimately encode each file into a separate form element, and send the bytes in the request body to the server. -Dov -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:57 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How to Browse and Choose Directory... Oh, yeah, yeah...I see what you're saying...I'm not thinking straight. I can't pull files off the client's machine... But, wait...if I set up a CFFILE upload function that loops through the directory that the client specifies...why wouldn't that work? I'm not accessing the client's machine (as Bryan mentioned), the client has simply specified a directory for the CFFILE to look in. I would have the code loop through the directory that is specified, "C:\Photos" compile the list, the use CFFILE to upload each photo to my server one at a time... Why wouldn't that work? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How to Browse and Choose Directory... The Cold Fusion server cannot see the client's machine, not even for the one file. The file is actually sent to the server by the client's browser as part of a form. The browser is the software that finds the file and uploads it. The server cannot see any files on the client's hard drive. Let's say you did as intended and had the browser send the folder name to the server as a form variable. The server would receive something like "C:\My photos\" The server would try to look in that folder, and not find any photos, since it would only have access to it's own C: drive, not the client's. Does this make sense? Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/09/05 03:26PM >>> It will be a folder somewhere on the client's machine...I have no access to it. Just figured there was a way for a user to designate a directory in CF by browsing their machine... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198031 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
