Upload via HTTP Post

[xollox]

I'm trying to automate what this HTML page does manually (upload a file and pass a few fields of info):

<FORM METHOD=&quot;Post&quot; enctype=&quot;multipart/form-data&quot; Action=&quot;whatever.asp&quot;>
Username<INPUT TYPE=&quot;Hidden&quot; Name=&quot;username&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;><br>
Password<INPUT TYPE=&quot;Hidden&quot; Name=&quot;password&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;><br>
File to upload<INPUT TYPE=&quot;file&quot; Name=&quot;data&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;><br>
Client type<INPUT TYPE=&quot;Hidden&quot; Name=&quot;client&quot; size=&quot;20&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;>
</form>

Is there any way to do this with ASP? Scripting? MS Access?

Thanks in advanced for any help you can provide.


-XolloX

 

[Veep]

When you use enctype=&quot;multipart/form-data&quot; you're not going to be able to do anything with those hidden fields on &quot;Whatever.asp&quot;. Are you using a component to perform the upload?

 

[xollox]

The hidden fields are really not that important. The file part is the part that i can't figure out.

-XolloX

 

[Veep]

I'm guessing that you can't automate it. Even if you knew the path to the file ahead of time, you can't stuff a value into a <INPUT TYPE=&quot;FILE&quot;> control. Don't give up hope. Someone here may have a solution.

 

[xollox]

I understand the reason behind not being able to put a file name into an HTML file, but a server side file should be able to do that. Are all uploads done manually? ..that seems a bit ridiculous.

-XolloX

 

[Kavius]

Are you trying to have a script upload a file from one server to another or are you trying to have a webpage download something from a client machine?

Server to Server should not be a problem. Client to Server would be restricted due to security issues (I know, I know, we all want to be able to download our ex's personal data, but that wouldn't be nice).



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[xollox]

I'm trying to upload a file from a winXP pro machine (we can enable IIS without a problem) to a server. So, to answer the question, server to server, yes.

-XolloX

 

[Veep]

Why not just schedule a FTP job?

 

[xollox]

It's a B2B project, so I don't choose how they receive the files. It needs to be a HTTP post.

-XolloX

 

[Veep]

Here's a really nice Upload class that with a little tinkering could probably be modified to do what you need:

http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=7361&lngWId=4