enctype=multipart/form-data

[AlbertAguirre]

When using enctype="multipart/form-data" for an ASP file upload, I cannot get a value for another form field with request.form("field1&quot .

Why?

How can I get the value for another field when using the POST method?

 

[harmmeijer]

Is it allways like this or only when you choose not to upload a file.
I am using a form where uploading a file is optional, when a user does not upload a file I change the forms action and
endcoding
document.forms("editnewfaces&quot.encoding = 'application/x-

http://www-form-urlencoded';

document.forms("editnewfaces&quot.action = 'edit.asp'
You can allso try to use request("field1&quot instead of request.form("field1) be sure to have uniqu id's and names for each input field.

 

[ChainsawJoe]

The Request object doesn't exist when you use the enctype specified; you have to save the file contents first. i.e. if you're using ASPUpload on the page the form submits to:

set upload = server.createobject("persits.upload.1&quot
upload.savetomemory 'or upload.save(location)

'now you can use the equivalent of the request object for
'all you other fields;

s1 = upload.form("textarea1&quot
i1 = upload.form("text2&quot

'and the files are available thus;

file1 = upload.files(1)
'or
file1 = upload.files("file1&quot


make sense?

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Yea but isnt the "persist" class a third party module that has to be installed on the host server?
If so, then no good. My host does not support anything like that.

 

[lobstah]

how are you uploading your file? and how do you access the file to upload it (ie. what do you call the file input data?)

 

[AlbertAguirre]

I'm using Pure ASP to upload the file.

Too much code to list.

 

[lobstah]

whatever you call:

' Create the FileUploader
Dim Uploader, File
Set Uploader = New FileUploader

' This starts the upload process
Uploader[color].Upload()

is how you access your form input fields:

Uploader.Form("field1&quot
Uploader.Form("field2&quot
etc.....

 

[lobstah]

sorry, the color tag was supposed to be /color to turn off the color.....

X-)

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Yea but isnt "Uploader" a third party module that has to be installed on the host?

I dont think uploader is standard ASP.

 

[lobstah]

so how do you use Pure ASP to upload the file?

 

[AlbertAguirre]

I found a site that has a pure ASP script to upload a file but then other form elements are not available for use.

Big ASP bug. I'm very dissapointed in ASP. I am a newbie with ASP but a seasoned PHP programmer.

I can upload a file with PHP in a few lines of code and have no problem accessing other form elements. They're automatically available.

Man, I'm hurting for getting this out for the client.

On the upside, I can charge alot more for ASP programming. "KaChing!"

 

[lobstah]

is this what you found:

FileUploader ASP Library (beta 1.2)
********************************************************
Author: Jacob "Bèézle" Gilley
Co-author: Philippe Collignon (I'm assuming)
Email: avis7@airmail.net
Purpose: To provide a free and easy way to perform file
uploading across the web via Active Server Pages.
********************************************************

if so, you would call the Uploader object the way I mentioned above, then call your form elements with Uploader.Form("field&quot

 

[harmmeijer]

I have a question for you AlbertAguirre, are you using IIS. If so IIS profides you with a dll called Cpshost.dll.
You should use this DLL.
For more information you should look at the sample codes on msdn.
I use this DLL allways to upload files, it workes ok.
When using asp it is better to white your code in mts com components because this runs a lot faster.