You might be best off just having them type it in, and complain if it doesn't exist. These are users at a high enough level that they're configuring things, yes? Maybe the simplest solutions is the best.
Dave On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:47 PM, William Seiter <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:337848 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
