simple folder/file selector for asp.net ?

[Necuno]

what i want to know is the file's name and the file's location so that i don't need the user to type/paste those into the text boxes to avoid user err.

methods tried
htmlInputFile
Asp's upload file

methods not tried
java pickers
interlop trick with office
and some other nasty hacks

can't really see any other method to go with a more natural solution than to implement some form of hack, currently on htmlImputFile where as i get the file name and so on via Path.<function>

but that in itself has itssues like, what if the file is too large and httprequest falls over, obviously i can bypass that via increasing the limit in my webconfig. this not nice solution as it seems the file each time get posted back to the server as an object stream with its properties as to file name.

no easy solution, well not that i can see after few tryouts.

 

[Raithlin]

Javascript will be your only real way out - every other method involves actually uploading the file.

Try this on for size: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/035eacdd9bda4fc5?pli=1&safe=on

 

[Necuno]

Javascript will be your only real way out - every other method involves actually uploading the file.

Try this on for size: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/035eacdd9bda4fc5?pli=1&safe=on

Hey Ray, I am a total newbie and even I know the answer to this one

thanks.

 

[Raithlin]

thanks.

LOL I kinda glossed over that part. Just lemme know if it works, ok? AFAIK Javascript doesn't have access to the file system - but that doesn't stop it from looking at the control's value.