Selecting a file client side

[Dave56]

Hi.

I know how to use <input type=file runat=server> to upload a file to the
webserver.
However, my files are 2gb and I don't want to up load them.

What I would like to be able to do is to just get the filename of the file
the user selected (for example "c:\temp\movie.wmv").
I also want validation that requires the selection of a .wmv file.

What is the best way to do that?

Thanks

[Ken]

Add this to the HTML designer page

<INPUT id="MyFile" type="file" name="MyFile" runat="server">

Then you can refer to the 'MyFile' object in the code behind.

MyFile.PostedFile.FileName

"Dave56" <no****@co.lane.or.us> wrote in message
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Hi.

I know how to use <input type=file runat=server> to upload a file to the
webserver.
However, my files are 2gb and I don't want to up load them.

What I would like to be able to do is to just get the filename of the file
the user selected (for example "c:\temp\movie.wmv").
I also want validation that requires the selection of a .wmv file.

What is the best way to do that?

Thanks

[Dave56]

Thanks,

I have tried that, but .net is automatically setting the Enctype property of
the HtmlForm to "multipart/form-data".
So it is trying to upload the file.

MSDN says:
When uploading large files, use the maxRequestLength attribute of the
<httpRuntime> element to increase the maximum allowable file size. A DNS
error is generated in the browser when the file exceeds the specified size.

Since the file is huge I get this error.

Besides, I just want the name of the file and not to actually have it
uploaded.

Is there any way to get around this?

Dave56
"Ken" <kf******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Add this to the HTML designer page

<INPUT id="MyFile" type="file" name="MyFile" runat="server">

Then you can refer to the 'MyFile' object in the code behind.

MyFile.PostedFile.FileName

"Dave56" <no****@co.lane.or.us> wrote in message
news:uw**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi.

I know how to use <input type=file runat=server> to upload a file to the
webserver.
However, my files are 2gb and I don't want to up load them.

What I would like to be able to do is to just get the filename of the file the user selected (for example "c:\temp\movie.wmv").
I also want validation that requires the selection of a .wmv file.

What is the best way to do that?

Thanks

[Kevin Spencer]

He said he didn't want to upload them. If you put an input type=file HTML
element in a page, and the user browses to a file and submits the form, the
file will be uploaded, regardless of whether the app saves it or not. With a
2GB file, this could take quite a while to run.

Unfortunately, there is no HTML element for simply picking a file name.
There are a couple of alternatives:

1. Use the input type=file to have the user browse for the file. On submit,
copy the value from the input type=file element, and put it into a hidden
form field. Then remove it from the input type=file field, so that it
doesn't upload.
2. Write a client-side ActiveX control or Java applet to do this.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Ken" <kf******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Add this to the HTML designer page

<INPUT id="MyFile" type="file" name="MyFile" runat="server">

Then you can refer to the 'MyFile' object in the code behind.

MyFile.PostedFile.FileName

"Dave56" <no****@co.lane.or.us> wrote in message
news:uw**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi.

I know how to use <input type=file runat=server> to upload a file to the
webserver.
However, my files are 2gb and I don't want to up load them.

What I would like to be able to do is to just get the filename of the file the user selected (for example "c:\temp\movie.wmv").
I also want validation that requires the selection of a .wmv file.

What is the best way to do that?

Thanks