What is the open File Dialog box

I am using a "File Browse..." item. With firefox a user can click on the provided Browse button or the corresponding text area to choose a file. However with IE7 the file dialog box on appears if the user clicks on the browse button.
Can someone tell me what javascript can be used to open a file dialog box? (what is called when the browse button is clicked)
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Thanks Carl,
I thought APEX was doing some crazy javascropt stuff because I forgot about a style I had set.
Anyway, I was getting an error if an IE7 user types in a crazy string into the file dialog box and hit submit (since it is not a file). So instead of preventing it I just used a try/catch block in my custom doSubmit. If anyone else runs into this here is a little javascript to help:
(I am used a uploading image, Carl has an example of that somewhere)
<pre>
function doSubmit(r) {
if (ser_changed.length > 0) {
     if (r == "UPLOAD" || r == "SAVE_CHANGES" {
          flowSelectAll();     
          $x_Value('pRequest',r)
if (r == "UPLOAD") {
try {                              /// this is where my fix is.
          document.wwv_flow.submit();
catch(err) {
html_HideElement('AjaxLoading');
alert('Invalid file');
} else {
document.wwv_flow.submit();
               }//save changes and stuff as request.
else {
          var ans = confirm("You are about to exit the page without saving your changes!" + '\n' + "Click cancel to return to the page.");
          if (ans) {
          flowSelectAll();     
          $x_Value('pRequest',r);     
          document.wwv_flow.submit();
          }//when yes!
$x('CANCEL_BUTT').disabled=false;
               }//not save changes and stuff
          }//when there were changes made.
          else {
                         flowSelectAll();     
          $x_Value('pRequest',r);     
          document.wwv_flow.submit();
          }//where there were not changes made
     }//doSubmit
</pre>
<pre>
function html_Submit_Progress(pThis,topass){
          if(pThis.nodeName=='INPUT'){pThis.value='...Loading...'}
else{pThis.innerHTML='...Loading...'};
          html_ShowElement('AjaxLoading');
window.setTimeout('$x("wait").src = $x("wait").src', 100);
doSubmit(topass);
</pre>
Edited by: cmorris260 on Sep 19, 2008 3:30 PM
Edited by: cmorris260 on Sep 19, 2008 3:31 PM

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