Re: "Hotmail" like browsing local machine and sending attach

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I haven't looked, but it is probably done with FILE form:


<FORM METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
ACTION="http://www/cgi-bin/do-something">
File to upload: <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME="upfile"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

Ashleyb
 
> Hello. I was wondering if anyone knew how Hotmail is able to allow users
> to select, attach and send files from their local machines via an html
> interface and cgi scripts. I first thought that this was some sort of
> activex hook, but it works in Netscape as well.
> I can't see how they can force the browser to open a "browse" window from
> a cgi-script. How does the browser "know"? Can LWP be used to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nathan Good
> good0214@tc.umn.edu
>   
> 

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