File picker in ASP

[uvantepu]

I have a browse button on an ASP page(not dotnet). The function specified on onclick is Browse_for_file().
When I click that button,I want to browse through my folders, click on a file and select its fully qulailied
name on to a variable strFileName.

Please give the code for that.

[jhardman]

It sounds like you are just asking for instructions to make an input type=file
[html]<input type="file" name="strFileName">
[/html]
Or are you saying you want to browse thru the server's files?

Jared

[uvantepu]

Thanks for the response.
But Jared in my case the 'input' won't do. I need to stick on to the screen shot given by the client. If I use the 'input' field, the Browse button will always be at right and the textbox will be left. They want in the reverse way.

Please tell how to handle if I use, input. I am not even able to pass on the variable to a function. Suggest how that can be done.

And also suggest any means of avoiding the input field

[jhardman]

Thanks for the response.
But Jared in my case the 'input' won't do. I need to stick on to the screen shot given by the client. If I use the 'input' field, the Browse button will always be at right and the textbox will be left. They want in the reverse way.

When you use <input type="file"> the browser actually determines how it will look, and the different browsers interpret it very differently. Are you sure that the browser your customer is using will display it the same way your browser displays it? The display might be affected by css (ask in the HTML forum).

Please tell how to handle if I use, input. I am not even able to pass on the variable to a function. Suggest how that can be done.

look up "request.binaryread()". I don't remember all the details, but this is how you access files passed to scripts.

And also suggest any means of avoiding the input field

The best idea in my mind would be to try a java applet (which might not be allowed depending on the user's security settings). Regardless, this is a client-side issue and therefore out of my area of expertise (ASP is strictly a server-side technology).

Good luck.

Jared