IE only: filename(path) is not preserved

[jamsheed]

Hi,

Please help.

In IE when i upload a file and hit the back button the file path is not preserved in the input box (<input type=file>) , but in Netscape its preserved.

Do i need to do something in here so that it will be opreserved in IE also. Or it is a browser property of IE.

Please help.
Thanks in advance.

[AdamGundry]

If that is IE's behaviour you probably can't change it. Scripts are not allowed to change the value of file select components for security reasons - if they could, a malicious website could copy any file from your computer when you visited it.

Adam

[jamsheed]

Adam,

Thanks for your help. Let me calrify this . I want to make sure is this IE behavior. because in netscape i put in a file path and post the form and go back using the back button, its preserved there. But in IE its seen blank when i go back.


Any ideas? Helppppp!!!!!!!

[AdamGundry]

A quick test indicates this is the case in IE and Mozilla Firefox 0.9, so this appears to be normal behaviour. There is not much you can do about it.

Adam