Using CFFILE To Upload a Full Directory

Question

I am attempting to build a process to load multiple files
from a directory. It is easy enough to use looping processes with
multiple <input type="file".... tags (or even a single tag
looped over multiple times) in both the form and the action page.
However, I want to use a single action to load all files in a
specified directory on the client desktop to the server. Is there a
standard process or does anyone know a CFC or CFX tag? Note, this
will be used with both MX7 and CF 5 servers.
Thanks,

Answer 1

klltkd wrote:
> I am attempting to build a process to load multiple
files from a directory. It
> is easy enough to use looping processes with multiple
<input type="file"....
> tags (or even a single tag looped over multiple times)
in both the form and the
> action page.
>
> However, I want to use a single action to load all files
in a specified
> directory on the client desktop to the server. Is there
a standard process or
> does anyone know a CFC or CFX tag? Note, this will be
used with both MX7 and CF
> 5 servers.
>
> Thanks,
>
Unless you are working within a well defined network where
ColdFusion
can access the client machine by UNC path, then ColdFusion is
not
involved in this. You are looking for a client solution that
will
create the upload. After that it looks the same to
ColdFusion.
I am not personally aware of any client tools like you
describe. There
are security concerns when one makes it too convienant to
programatically select what is uploaded to a remote computer.