How to set value of <input type="file">?

[Naoise]

I am constrained by the particulars of a given situation in having to do this, but can anybody help?

1) I have a directory which contains a script file.
2) This script runs and creates an upload form for each of the items in the directory. It sets the value property of the <input type="file"> part of the form to the path to that file ie "C:\foo\myfile.html"
3) So after all the forms have been generated into they are written to a html file which contains javascript to loop through all the forms in the page and submit them
one by one to a hidden iframe.

Problem
Nothing gets loaded into the iframe. If I actually click the <input type="file"> button on a frame and manually browse to a file and hit submit then my form is submitted
to the iframe. So everything else is fine, it is like you cannot set the value of this type?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You cannot do this by setting the "value" property - you have to use non-standard hacks. This has been discussed before many times... I suggest using the search facility to dig up some of those posts with solution.

Hope this helps,
Dan


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