Using a File Open Dialog box ina form.

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2 total messages Started by Anthony Bateman Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:00

#122

Author: Anthony Bateman
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:00

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Hi,
I have an application where I would like somebody to load the contents of a
bitmap file into an image field. I would then transfer this data into a
BLOB field in a database. It seems to be an elegant way to allow users to
store images in a central database from the web browser.

I could ask the user to write the path to the file in a text box, but this
is not very end-user friendly. So I thought that it would be nice to call a
file open dialog box to do so.

Since it is HTML being generated, I guess that there is no way to do this -
or is there? This is an intranet application and Internet explorer version
3.0 is being used. Is there a way to make a direct call to the windows API?
I suspect not but look to others for clarification.

I thought that I would try to use an activeX control which encapsulates the
functionality of an Open File dialog box. I am trying to make this in
Delphi, but have run into a few problems with this approach.

If anybody has an elegant solution for me, I would be greatfyl to hear of
it.

Thanks, 

Tony Bateman.

Re: Using a File Open Dialog box ina form.

#126

Author: KJS
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:00

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Anthony Bateman wrote:

> I could ask the user to write the path to the file in a text box, but
> this
> is not very end-user friendly. So I thought that it would be nice to
> call a
> file open dialog box to do so.
>
> functionality of an Open File dialog box. I am trying to make this in
> Delphi, but have run into a few problems with this approach.
>

Tony,

Try using the <INPUT TYPE="FILE">.  Your help documentation should
give you more info on it.

Ken Siemek

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