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In article <>,
Archaeopteryx <> wrote:

>
>How can I have the user press a button in order to select a directory
>on its local file system and invoking the servlet passing the
>directory's complete path as parameter.
>
>I thought that I could easily solve the problem with something like:
>
><FORM ACTION="/photoalbum/ImageList" METHOD=GET>
>Image folder: <INPUT NAME="imagefolder" TYPE="file">
><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send File">
></FORM>
>
>but this does not work well because:
>1) you cannot select directories, only regular files

You're stuck on that part but can't your servlet deduce the directory
if the user selects a file in it?

>2) only the file name and not the complete path is passed in the
>"imagefolder" parameter.

Use Javascript to get the full path first and stuff
it in a hidden form field, e.g., add

<input type="hidden" name="savedpath">
....
<input type="submit" value="Send File"
onclick="this.form.savedpath.value=this.form.image folder.value">

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:15:33 -0500, Chris Riesbeck <> wrote:
> In article <>,
> Archaeopteryx <> wrote:
>
>>

> You're stuck on that part but can't your servlet deduce the directory
> if the user selects a file in it?

Yes Chris. It seemed to odd to me at first glance but I understand that
this is probably the only way.

> Use Javascript to get the full path first and stuff
> it in a hidden form field, e.g., add
>
><input type="hidden" name="savedpath">
> ...
><input type="submit" value="Send File"
> onclick="this.form.savedpath.value=this.form.image folder.value">

This is actually worth a try.
Thanks.

Bye



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