Browse for file path?

[JonasE]

Hello,

 

Is it possible for a user to click a button (i.e. Browse), point to a local document, or a document on a networked fileshare, and then the application would save the path to that document, but not actually upload the file?

I.E.:

1. User clicks "Browse". (i.e. browses the filesystem just as he/she would if say opening a document from Word)

2. User selects the  //fileserver/docs/document1.doc

3. When the user clicks ok, the application saves the path to the document.

4. The path is saved to a database with records and subsequent users can view that record and click the link to open the document from the fileserver.

 

Any one done this?

 

Thanks,

 

Jonas

 

[Glyde]

Yes and no.  Yes, you can get just the location of the file that was selected using JavaScript.  However, if you take that location, and put it in a database...if another user comes along and tries to download it, they're not going to be able to.  If I have a C:\test.doc file on my computer, and I type that into a website, I would really hope that there's no way for anyone else to come and download that file straight from my computer without me uploading it.