Whaaat!?! ...I was reading up on evalScript and externalEvent. Seemed excellent until I read that none of them work in recent browsers...
>>>Do yo know of any free "display a file open dialog box" xtra that >>>is Shockwave safe? >> >>There's an HTML command that lets you display a file upload dialog >>box. It sends a list of the items selected to a CGI, which then >>goes ahead with the upload. You'd need to code the command into the >>HTML running your shockfile, and do the CGI yourself (or get >>someone to hack it for you). > >I don't think this will work in my case... The SW needs to rename >the files before FTPing them to the server. Can I make my Shockwave >see the file name selected with the "HTML command that lets you >display a file upload dialog box"? > >I don't use a cgi script, but maybe I could use the data base in this way: >1. Display file select dialog box on the home page >2. Send file name to the data base (instead of cgi script) >3. Make SW ask data base for new file names to upload >4. Make SW rename & upload the file to a folder on the server > >Although it would be a lot easier to make the SW put up a file selector. > >Or to make the HTML file selector communicate file names to >Shockwave directly. > > >-A. > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
