Hi !
I need submit a form by internet but FireFoX3 don't send the complete path of the File, In IE and FireFox2 works Ok but Firefox 3 NO.
I use a input "FILE" for select the complete path of the File. I use a Javascript for copy the complete Path into input "TEXT". Below the code...
input type=text name=csvFile id=csvFile input type=file name=f id=f inhibited_change=csvFile.value = this.value
Ragards. Marco Ortega, Santiago de Chile
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Firefox 3 don't copy complete path file
Yep, that's intended.
( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143220 , do not comment in bugs)
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. BUG!!!!!
It seems the FireFox team knew they would break a lot of online applications when they stopped the image file path being available.
Apparently no intention to fix.
Can't see this helping FireFox.
What's the point of having the whole path on a distant server when you're uploading a file? I see none, as the server has no way to reach this path.
Do you have a precise use case where this behaviour is needed?
I have a music catalog application I run on my own PC and it depends on picking up the path to a file when I use the input type = file. (It's how I add the complete path to an mp3 file to my database.)
Firefox 3 broke this!! I'll have to change the script such that I have to enter every path MANUALLY!
Yes, I have a real use for the "feature". I use it to provide a save/reload capability on a project basis.
Of course this is sort of security risky. But I only use it on internal applications.
ghwa at luminescent.com
I use HTML forms with input type=file for users to upload files.
It used to work with Firefox 2 and still works with IE7 but not with Firefox 3 because of the problem described above.
I have seen a 'fix' using script but my system is written without any script as some of our users will not enable any form of scripting.
I used to state that the system works with and has been tested with IE and Firefox, I now will have to state that full operation requires IE.
A pity.
Hi,
It's a really problem! I also use HTML forms, and not working correctly under Firefox 3, 3.1... Why ? Must repair this bug! NOWWWW!!! :-)
it's typical for user to see the image they are uploading after selecting the file and before submitting the form. That's where the local path info is helpful
i am also having same problem. i need a complete local path, because local path is very useful..
I also have a problem with this. I have an application that is used to create exam question for specific exams. Users requested an option to display an image with the picture. I'm using cffile to post the image to a shared server. The file, with the path, is needed to send to the destination. If the path isn't provided, CF has no way of determining the origin of file that will be uploaded.
As a work-around to this problem, I had to create a second text box to retrieve the entire path and filename. OnBlur, I copy the text from the file textbox into a another textbox whose visibility is set to hidden.
After calling the Cold Fusion file, I use GetFileFromPath and GetDirectoryFromPath to retrieve the information that I can not retrieve from the object of type="file" with the FireFox browser. The file is uploaded to our webserver (internal) and renamed to the ID number of the exam question. When a test taker retrieves their random exam, the associated image is displayed with the question if an attachment exists.
The application is an internal application. Only lead engineers have authorization (rights) to posting to the particular directory on our web server.
Lastly, I've wasted a great deal of time working around a problem that should not be a problem. This needs to be fixed.
This needs fixing, its not a security hole, because the user selects the file, all we need is the where the file is selected from. for my applicaition, I need the path to the files in the right subdirectories, The mozilla team needs to understand, the web is evolving to application like websites and not html sites, removing such functionality will only encourage people to move to your new threat Google chome. This must be fixed, its rediculous.
I also depend on having the complete path. Many people think that you'd only use Firefox to browse sites online but that's simply not always the case. You can just as easily browse the contents of a local drive or CD-ROM device for pages. Please, this simple change has caused lots of problems!
fuck u ff team
This is absurd. What a silly change. EVERY other browser allows JS to access the full path. I have written client-side JS applications (ie. for data parsing) which depend on having the entire path. Now those applications do not work in FF3, though they work in every other browser including FF2.
I am now uninstalling FF3. Every day I use it, I just run into a problem even more absurd than the one that preceded it.
This is a really strange constraint, which is not related to a real security concern, in particular with intranet applications.
To overcome this, one has to use javascript and XPCOM, which is not everyones purpose! Using javascript/XPCOM, one has to program absurd constructs, instead of using the simple and easy HTML input type file and just submit the form.
While I've been in holidays (2100 km away from home), a call of an important customer reaches me on my cellphone: "We can not attach files anymore to our intranet forms". Some days later back home, I investigated the problem. Using the (until today, reasonable) auto update feature, FF3 has been installed itself on most of the employees workstations. Perfect.
Who ever is responsible for this bad joke: consider the effort and the expense to change and deploy lots of intranet applications, working like a charm with FF2 and other browsers...
MOST WEB DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT THIS RESTRICTION!
Why not simply use an about:config entry to fix this annoying "feature", or just remove it asap?
Thank you for all the trouble, I still have with this. Thomas
I would also like to have the full path back. My use case is an intranet web application. Server and client have access to a common network path.
Firefox 3 don't copy complete path file
Firefox version: 3.0 Operating system: Windows 2000Hi !
I need submit a form by internet but FireFoX3 don't send the complete path of the File, In IE and FireFox2 works Ok but Firefox 3 NO.
I use a input "FILE" for select the complete path of the File. I use a Javascript for copy the complete Path into input "TEXT". Below the code...
input type=text name=csvFile id=csvFile
input type=file name=f id=f inhibited_change=csvFile.value = this.value
Ragards.
Marco Ortega,
Santiago de Chile
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