AIR is not the only method, but you can't get it done with just html. You will need A java applet or flash or air or some other program that can talk to the system as well as your app.
---------------------- William Seiter On Oct 4, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Gonzo Rock <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well the purpose is to capture and store the Directory as part of a > configuration routine. Then days in the future other users of the > application will trigger it to process some datafiles... but > coldfusion needs to know where those datafiles are located. The > current user has no idea where they are stored... they just want the > files in the directory processed. > > Currently during the configuration session we can capture it by making > them point to a file in the directory and then stripping the actual > file name from the network path they navigated down... however how to > do this when there is NO file in the directory for them to use while > configuring the Directory Location for future use... that is the > problem... which Dave suggests can only be solved using AIR :-( > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> also u do not need to remember the path as this is the default behaviour of >> windows. When you open a browse window it always takes you to the last >> location you used. >> >> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>>> Using <input type="file" works great to let a user point to a file... >>>> but how do you let the user browse and point to a Directory? >>>> >>>> I am trying to figure out how to let a user browse to a particular >>>> directory location on their network and then capture that location for >>>> future use. In this instance the application will always look in this >>>> location for files that it needs to process for the user. >>> >>> There's nothing built into HTML to capture a directory path. Also, >>> browsers won't let you store a directory path for later use, for >>> security reasons - the user always has to choose the file directly. >>> >>> Adobe AIR is a nice alternative here. Downloadable applications can do >>> all sorts of things that browsers won't allow. >>> >>> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >>> http://www.figleaf.com/ >>> http://training.figleaf.com/ >>> >>> Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on >>> GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized >>> instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
