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Need full pathname from type=file, or alternative mechanism
I need to be able to put a pathname to an image file in a database. I've tried using:
<input type="file" ... />
to let the user browse to the file, but that only returns the filename, not the full path. Further research shows that this is a "security" feature and browsers do not return the full path.
Is there any way to do this with html/javascript? It will be impossible to get the full path to the image file without this ability.
btw - I know I can do this with IE by enabling the 'Security' setting "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server", so don't bother sending that as a solution. I'm looking for something non-browser dependent, if such a mechanism exists.
<input type="file" ... />
to let the user browse to the file, but that only returns the filename, not the full path. Further research shows that this is a "security" feature and browsers do not return the full path.
Is there any way to do this with html/javascript? It will be impossible to get the full path to the image file without this ability.
btw - I know I can do this with IE by enabling the 'Security' setting "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server", so don't bother sending that as a solution. I'm looking for something non-browser dependent, if such a mechanism exists.
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