Reggie:
A couple thing. The MDB file would be on the client's machine, so you'd
want them to upload the file to the server, save it on the server and then
use the saved path to which you'll open a connection, right? For example,
if I'm on your site and point to an mdb file on my computer, you won't be
able to access the file as c:\karl\myfile.mdb. You'll need to save the file
on your server and access it there. I say this because that doesn't seem to
be what you are doing....
secondly, if you have <input type="file" runat="server" strFile" /> in your
page, you should declare protected strFile as HttpPostFile in your class.
Not in the function, and it must be protected.
Here's a function which makes more sense to me...haven't tried it, just
giving you some ideas:
in yoru aspx:
<input type="file" runat="server" id="file" />
in your codebehind:
public class XXX
inherits page
protected file as HttpPostFile
Public Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
if file.PostedFile.ContentLength > 0 then
dim path as string = "c:\myserver\someRepository\" +
System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file.PostedFile.FileNam e)
file.PostedFile.SaveAs(path)
dim connectionString as string = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=" "& path
'rest of the connection stuff here
end if
end sub
hope that helps,
Karl
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"Reggie" <NoSpam_chief123101@NoSpam_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jI********************@comcast.com...
HI and TIA! What I'm trying to do is have my user click a button which
opens the find file dialogue box. Once they find it I want to place the
full path into a variable so that I can use it as the Source in my
connection string. I've tried the HTML File Field control which allows me
to navigate to the .mdb file and it places it into the File Field control
on my page, however every attempt I try to place it in a variable gives me
an error stating that the Page can't be located. I want something like
so:
Public Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim con As OleDbConnection
Dim strFile As HttpPostedFile
strFile = inpFileField.PostedFile
con = New OleDbConnection("PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; DATA
Source=strFile")
con.Open()
End Sub
Any help is appreciated. Thanks for your time!
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