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client side directory browsing from a web form

I would like to provide a file explorer from a web form, that looks at the clients pc file directory (not the iis servers). So in other words i would like to either call the api to bring up "explorer.exe" and get the selected file back to my web form or some version of getdirectories/getfiles that would run on the client pc. I am not a big client side script expert so talk way down to me on doing that

Sounds like a very common task but i could not find any "client" versions of this solution any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Cor
Hi Chuck

Have a look for the <input type=file> for that

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...input_file.asp

I hope this helps?

Cor
Jul 21 '05 #2
Cor
Hi Chuck,

I do not really know if it is impossible but the change that it is
impossible is very big.

Everything is done to prevent the webbrowser to reach the directorysystem
direct. It needs things as activeX or Java tools that can be installed by
the user (if he will install it and that change is not so big).

Cor
Jul 21 '05 #3

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