Html File Field

[Program err]

I dont want the user to type the path of the file in the "Html File Field" manually. I want user to enter file path using browse button only ! Kindly help !:)

[atul_moghe]

hi, try this. u can have the serverclick event of this control in ur codebehind. Private Sub btnImport_ServerClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnImport.ServerClick and in tht u can write importFile.PostedFile.FileName to get the file name tht is selected by user. hope this will help u out. happy coding !!! A R Moghe.

[minhpc_bk]

Hi there, To disallow the user to type or paste a value to the textbox of the input file element, you simply create event handlers for the onkeypress and onpaste events and cancel the events:

<INPUT onkeypress="return false;" onpaste="return false;" id="File1" type="file" name="File1" >

Another way is to use 3 elements: + A textbox is set to read-only + A button + An input file element which is hidden on the web form. When the user clicks the button, you can open the Choose File dialog box, as soon as a file is selected you can assign the value of the input file to the read-only textbox.

[Program err]

Hi minhpc_bk ! Thnks for the code. It worked well.i added onkeydown="return false;" so as to avoid deleting the text in the text box of the control. But the pblm is that the cursor gets stuck once inside the text box of the control(due to onkeydown="return false;").Tab button doesn't help to go the next control! Can u suggest somethng for this so that user cant delete & simultaneously tab works as well ? :)

[minhpc_bk]

In this case, you simply check the keycode of the Tab button, its keycode is 9:

onkeydown="if(event.keyCode == 9) return true; return false;"