file browser- choose specific files 2

[kurie]

hi all,
doen anyone know how to make a file browser select specific file types, like just txt and csv.
here is my html code:
<tr> <td align="left">Upload File:</td> <td> <input type="file" size="50" disabled = "true" name="file" id="file"> </td> </tr>

thanks

 

[feherke]

Hi

Try [tt]accept[/tt] :

accept = content-type-list [CI]
This attribute specifies a comma-separated list of content types that a server processing this form will handle correctly. User agents may use this information to filter out non-conforming files when prompting a user to select files to be sent to the server (cf. the INPUT element when type="file").

Forms | The [tt]INPUT[/tt] element


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[kurie]

hi, thanks
i have done this accept ="text/txt,text/csv" but its still displaying the all files and the two i have added to the accept.
can i just display these two.(="text/txt,text/csv")

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Note the wording used:

User agents [!]may[/!] use this information to filter out non-conforming files

This says to me that they have no onus to honour the accept parameter, so perhaps the browser you are using is one that doesn't honour it.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

... So perhaps doing server-side validation on the file would be your best bet?



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[kurie]

its ok, thanks

 

[feherke]

Hi

Bad luck.

( I had no time to research on this before answering. But a web search indicates that [tt]accept[/tt] is still not supported. So you can do nothing. )

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