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Filter file types in file browse dialog

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:14 am
by phpdevuk
I've been looking at various way to change the default file filter in a browse dialog on an upload form, so far I've discovered that there was a reference in html 4.01 to an accept attribute in a file input tag that lets you specify mime types of files to be displayed, however this has never been implemented in any major browser. Following this I was left with looking for a solution of running a custom java upload applet, or a flash form to handle a file filter as standard html can't do it. I'm pretty happy with a java applet to handle this as it supports multiple uploads and works well for my particular need, but what I am wondering is if anyone else out there can think of other alternatives to this solution?

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:27 pm
by vigge89
It's possibly to both limit accepted types and select multiple files in Adobe Flash.

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:21 am
by phpdevuk
yeah I found this flash upload form which seemed very configurable http://www.masrizal.com/index.cfm?fusea ... lashupload