Upload Entire Directory Using CFFILE

I need to write an application that will allow the user to
select all the contents of a directory on their local hard drive
(or just point to the directory) and upload all the files in that
directory to a location on a the web server. The user should not
have to point to a file, just select all the contents at once.
Does anyone know how to to so this using CFFILE? We are using
ColdFusion 8.
Thanks in Advance!!

> If not, there must be a away--ColdFusion is such a great
program, and I have
> gotten it to do just about anything we need it to do
except upload multiple
> files files at once to our server...
The files you are uploading are on the client computer.
ColdFusion has
*no* interaction with the client computer at all. All
communications are
between client and WEB SERVER. File uploads are handled by
the client
computer, using the provisions of the HTTP protocol, which -
as implemented
by a web browser - only allows for single files to be
uploaded, via each
file input control on a form.
If you want multiple files to be uploaded from a client
computer using a
single control, you need to use something other than a web
browser (as
suggested by someone else: some manner of applet, perhaps
embedded in an
HTML document).
The applet will pass the data to the web server, and if the
request is for
a mime type that the web server has been configured to pass
to ColdFusion
(usually a CFM or a CFC file), then the web server will pass
the request to
ColdFusion, which will deal with it however you tell it to.
The problem isn't getting the files to CF; it's getting them
to the web
server in the first place. CF's got nothing to do with your
problem (or,
intrinsically, its solution).
Adam

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''arcandl [[#question-1038482|said]]''
<blockquote>
I'm running Firefox on a Windows 7 machine. Firefox won't open following the latest update. I've read the help articles and it seems like I need to create a new profile because my settings have likely been corrupted. I'm unable to open Profile Mgr, even when using entire directory path in cmd line. I've tried the following commands in the command line:
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If you have any ideas, I'd sure appreaciate your expertise!!
</blockquote>
''philipp [[#answer-670108|said]]''
<blockquote>
hello arcandl, when firefox isn't launching after you double-click on the shortcut this is sometimes also a sign of malware being active on a system.
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Hello Dmitry,
Thanks a ton for your patience!
I have already tried step 1, still same error.
I have already tried step 2 and it works using Portal UI
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nFolderIDs = (1) { 4079 }
sLocation = \\ccsu-gmt-952.gnet.ccsu.nsw.gov.au\TempShare\temp.txt
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sLanguage = (null)
bMergeACLs = false <ptLogMsgEnd>
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<Stack Trace>
com.plumtree.server.impl.webservice.PTWebService     SOAP call failed, an internal error occured on the remote server. Attempting to parse the SOAP fault for detailed error info. Web Service='File Upload Web Service', SOAP Action='urn:plumtree-com:DocumentProvider.AttachToDocument', URL='http://ServerY:11910/ptupload/services/DocumentProvider'
</Stack Trace>
3.     Next line shows following Stack Trace
<Stack Trace>
com.plumtree.server.impl.soap.SOAPEnvelope     Error in function SOAPEnvelope.Restore (arrayText == [B@7bd8a5): SOAP fault: faultcode='soapenv:Server.userException' faultstring='java.lang.NullPointerException'
com.plumtree.server.impl.soap.OpenSoapException: SOAP fault: faultcode='soapenv:Server.userException' faultstring='java.lang.NullPointerException'
</Stack Trace>
4.     Then it starts giving the same error again.
5.     I thought it might be expecting a value in Language Parameter, so I Passed US-en but still it screams.
I can send you the entire trace file if that helps.
Thanks a lot for helping so far, Plumtree is pretty new to me and I am finding it difficult to get my steps going.
Thanks,
Avi
Edited by asolvent at 03/24/2008 10:05 PM

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