How to populate <input type=file...> with default value?

[Don]

Is there some way to populate the "Browse" box for a <input type=file...> with a default value? I
can do it for <input type=text...>, but can't seem to do it for <input type=file...>.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Don
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[Janwillem Borleffs]

Don wrote:

Is there some way to populate the "Browse" box for a <input
type=file...> with a default value? I can do it for <input
type=text...>, but can't seem to do it for <input type=file...>.

Stop multi-posting! Already answered in alt.php and alt.comp.lang.php
JW

[John Dunlop]

Don wrote:

Is there some way to populate the "Browse" box for a <input type=file...>
with a default value?
Yes: the value attribute. But it's unreliable here; and
very rarely is it useful to suggest default file names.
I can do it for <input type=text...>, but can't seem to do it for <input
type=file...>.

Probably because your browser doesn't support it.

HAGS!

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[Tim Roberts]

Don <[e-mail]> wrote:

Is there some way to populate the "Browse" box for a <input type=file...> with a default value? I
can do it for <input type=text...>, but can't seem to do it for <input type=file...>.

No. It is a security risk. You aren't allowed to force a file to be
downloaded without specific action on the part of the user. By
pre-populating a file control and triggering a "submit", you could suck up
a file from the user's hard disk without his knowledge.
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[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** Tim Roberts escribió/wrote (Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:49:57 -0700):

No. It is a security risk. You aren't allowed to force a file to be
downloaded without specific action on the part of the user. By
pre-populating a file control and triggering a "submit", you could suck up
a file from the user's hard disk without his knowledge.

I've heard there's a browser (Opera?) that allows webmasters to prefill the
field and then prompts the user whether the file must be uploaded.

Of course, users normally click on everything they're shown :)
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[John Dunlop]

Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:

I've heard there's a browser (Opera?) that allows webmasters to prefill the
field and then prompts the user whether the file must be uploaded.

Your source was right. Opera has reportedly* been
supporting initial file names since version 3.60; my v. 7.10
does. Unsurprisingly, Lynx does too.
* http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/file.html#value

Slainte!

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