Re: path of a fileupload instance

robert rottermann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
to my knowledge, for security reason no modern browser submits the path anymore.
If you need the path, you have to create your own file uploader or use a tool 
like uploadify (http://www.uploadify.com)
I *think* javascript gets you access to the full path.

robert
On 11/14/2012 08:35 AM, Kees de Brabander wrote:
> I was using IE and filename is just the file name, no directory information. So I will have to take another approach. Does a FileUpload instance have any other attributes than filename and header?
>
> On Nov 13, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Andreas Jung wrote:
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>> This is subject to browser. All browser - except IE (afaik) - only
>> submit the filename without directory information.
>>
>> - -aj
>>
>> Kees de Brabander wrote:
>>> Correct, but the filename attribute contains just the filename, not
>>> the path of the directory where it was uploaded from? cb On Nov 13,
>>> 2012, at 11:04 AM, Andreas Jung wrote:
>>>
>>> REQUEST.yourfile.filename. The FileUpload instance has a 'filename'
>>> attributes.
>>>
>>> -aj
>>>
>>> Kees de Brabander wrote:
>>>>>> Hiya
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a form with a field for a FileUpload object, which works
>>>>>> ok. However, in my application I want to capture the path of
>>>>>> that file, because I want to open still other files that I know
>>>>>> by name from that very same directory. Any idea how to do that?
>>>>>> The REQUEST simple contains the FileUpload instance.
>>>>>>
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