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Image File Upload to ColdFusion Server

Hi,
I have a page that will upload images using something similar to this :

<cfif isDefined("fileUpload")>
  <cffile action="upload"
     fileField="fileUpload"
     destination="C:\docs">
     <p>Thankyou, your file has been uploaded.</p>
</cfif>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<input type="file" name="fileUpload" /><br />
<input type=text name="marketComment">
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>

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I do have a few other associated fields that are validated in this process. In this example I used a required field "marketComment".

If I need to redisplay the page because of an error (say the text field contained invalid characters), I can redisplay the contents of the text field, but I don't seem to be able to redisplay the "chosen file" to upload. The form field (form.fileUpload) only contains the location of the uploaded file on the CF server.

Is there a way to do this? Or is this a Web security issue?

Thanks,
hefterr

RickEpnet

Validate you form before it is submitted. I would use cfform instead of just a plain form.

Here is an example of a validation cfform.

<cfform action="unitedit.cfm" method="post" name="editatm" preloader="no">
<cfinput type="text" name="Account" message="Account Number is Required" required="yes" style="width: 100px;"maxlength="50">
<cfinput type="text" name="UNIT_ID" message="Unit ID is Required" required="yes" style="width: 100px;" maxlength="50">
</cfform>

hefterr

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Hi RickEpnet,
I was still wondering about my original question. My boss doesn't like the popup edit messages. We format our own.

hefterr

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