If you dont mind ie, you could use an hta wrapper. This effectively removes any security limitations allowing you to script code that browses the clients os. I think it also allows you to prefill the <input type="file... value so that you can auto submit a dynamic form with the files you want to upload.
It would be some fancy dhtml but all the pieces are there. DRE On 4/25/06, Mark Leder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > www.aurigma.com > > Awesome Java tag - some of the best documentation I've seen anywhere. > > > Thanks, > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Everett, Al (NIH/NIGMS) [C] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Uploading multiple files - not necessarily CF > > Alas, I spoke too soon. No, that's not going to work for me. The "upload > multiple files" is simply 20 HTML file fields. No good. > > I might be able to use it for something else, but not for this project. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Everett, Al (NIH/NIGMS) [C] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Uploading multiple files - not necessarily CF > > Looks promising, but may be more than I need/want. I certainly don't want > the end users able to delete files or directories on the server. > > But I've just glanced at it. Thanks for the tip. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Uploading multiple files - not necessarily CF > > Checkout the CFFM (CF file Manager) by Rick root I think. > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Rob Wilkerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:19:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: Uploading multiple files - not necessarily CF > > > What about using DHTML? Take a look at something like this: > > > > http://the-stickman.com/web-development/javascript/upload-multiple-fil > > e > > s-with-a-single-file-element/ > > > > I've played with it a little bit and it looks pretty nice. I have not > > > used it in production, though, so it will require some testing. > > > > On 4/25/06, Everett, Al (NIH/NIGMS) [C] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'm looking for a solution to this problem: > > > > > > For an intranet site, the end user should be able to select multiple > > > > files (or even a directory) located on his/her local machine, and > > press > > > a single button to upload them to the server. > > > > > > We're a CF shop and I don't see a CF solution for this piece, but it > > > > needs to work with CF. Perhaps a Java applet? Maybe Flash? We'll > > > certainly be using CF for the back-end processing of the files, but > > what > > > is not desired is having the multiple html file form fields. > > > > > > This is for an intranet application with VERY tightly controlled > > browser > > > and OS environments. Downloading a separate application is pretty > > much a > > > non-starter; it needs to work in the browser window. > > > > > > Any pointers you can offer would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238721 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
