Open File Dialog For Any OS

[sgk17]

I need to create a web page that will allow a user to open an open file dialog to browse to whatever file they may need in their file system. It needs to open up to a "default" directory and it needs to work on Windows, Macs, and Linux. I'm just starting to look at web programming so I don't know much. Can this be done in ASP.NET? What about JSP pages? Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[dragonwell]

I believe this functionality is handled by the browser. Essentially, the browser needs to interpret the

<input type=&quot;file&quot;>

tag in a way that makes sense to the current OS. Settings such as the "default directory" are set by the browser/os and, as far as I know, cannot be manipulated by a web page. Maybe you can with javascript, but I doubt it.

HTH

 

[sgk17]

So if I have a web page with an open file dialog it will work on any system if I don't worry about the "default" directory? In other words, an open file dialog in an ASP.NET page will work for a user running Linux? As far as the default directory, can I set a cookie to remember the last directory accessed? Thanks again.

 

[dragonwell]

So if I have a web page with an open file dialog it will work on any system if I don't worry about the "default" directory? In other words, an open file dialog in an ASP.NET page will work for a user running Linux?

Absolutely


As far as the default directory, can I set a cookie to remember the last directory accessed?

Again, since this is controlled by the browser or OS, I'm not sure if even javascript can manipulate this value. (But I could be wrong.)