ok, problem was the resetForm:true.
Setting it to false fixes the empty values...for now.
cheers,
On Nov 2, 6:46 pm, Adonis <achrysoch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> well,
> I ll be more specific, here is the code part
>
> **
> $("#image_overlay_group_form").ajaxForm({
> success: function(msg) {
> var downLat = $("#image_overlay_sw_lat").val();
> var downLon = $("#image_overlay_sw_lng").val();
> var upLat = $("#image_overlay_ne_lat").val();
> var upLon = $("#image_overlay_ne_lng").val();
> var fileName = $("#image_overlay_file").val();
> alert("rs image filename: " + fileName + " , " + upLon
> + ", "+ downLat); // --> this has empty values!!
>
> $("#" + project_name + "_" + layer_name +"_"+
> group_name+ "_new_legend_feature_entry_point").after(msg);
>
> },
> resetForm: true // Reset the form after a successful AJAX
> call
> });
> **
>
> my guess is that the form inputs are emptied somehow and thus no
> values are available...but in some other ajaxForms i have, i use the
> same technique and it works..
> I ll keep trying but any suggestions are much appreciated!
>
> On Oct 30, 7:29 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The .val() should work. I've tried it and it works on FF3.5, IE6+,
> > Safari and Chrome (all WinXP).
> > The only differences I found is that FF, Safari, Chrome returns just
> > the filename, whereas IE6+7 returns the full path of the user file
> > (privacy issue), and IE8 uses 'C:\fakepath' as the directory
> > (misleading..).
>
> > On Oct 30, 8:29 am, Adonis <achrysoch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > hi,
>
> > > I was wondering if anyone knows a way togetthe file name(the one the
> > > user has just browsed and is about to upload using the form) from a
> > > forminput.
> > > I tried $("#fileInput").val() but it does not work.
>
> > > cheers,
