IE definitely used to pass the full path... we created a feature based on it where someone high level could configure links to documents that existed somewhere on the users network... //machine/path/path/filename.extension
Then users using the application could open the files on their local machines IF they were logged in on a machine with rights to read the file. Some installations even had their users update the files and resave them in the location. Now that capability is gone gone gone and we will need to re-engineer it. Funny how we have not heard complaints... just stumbled across the failure while trying to build a feature using the now missing capability :-( So maybe AIR it is... or other :-) On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> arrrrgh! Just noticed that techniques developed to capture the >> network path no longer work... c:/fakepath???? Expect that is >> because of a security upgrade that has occurred with browsers in the >> last few years... as hinted at by Dave Watts when he said... not >> possible. > > To the best of my knowledge, browsers never sent the local path to the > file that's uploaded. It would be an "information leakage" > vulnerability if they did - it's none of the web site's business where > I store files locally. > > 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 onsit > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:337873 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
