Basically, it can't be done. Not with HTML and JavaScript, anyway. It's a security issue. What you're seeing is by design.
You'd have to use something other than <input type="file">. -----Original Message----- From: Casey C Cook Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:03 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: File attachment after user error Once again Ive run into one of those "seems so easy, yet its so hard" situations. Basically, a user has the ability to attach up to 3 files on a form <input type = file>. If the user throws an error, such as forgetting to input a required field, the form will submit and go through validation.cfm since they didnt pass the validation they will come back to the submission screen. The problem is, I know the user has input/attached a file, but browser security prevents me from populating the input field with the previous entry. Does anyone know a good way around this? I want to keep all the same logic in place, just be able to somehow recognize the user has already made the effort to attach the file and be able to submit that information after they correct their error. So far we have discussed many other solutions which will work, but require a coding effort greater than what should seem so easy - populate the freaking value the user has entered previously. Seems like I run across one of these scenario's once every six months and just wonder why things seem so easy when talking about it, but next to impossible in practice. Ive spent way too much time on this, any input would be greately appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251671 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
