download photos with form

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gee

I need to let my respondents send me a photograph when they send a form
through FP2000 is this possible?

Gee
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Possible, yes. However, if using FP 2000, your only option is to write your
own server-side application to handle the upload.

A file upload is done in HTML via the "input type=file" form field. This
HTML element renders a text box with a Browse button that allows the user to
either fill in the complete path to the file to be uploaded, or browse to
find it. The form's "enctype" attribute must be set to
"multipart/form-data". Then, on the server side, the ACTION property of the
form must be the URL of the form handler, such as an ASP page. If using ASP,
you would need to employ a COM (Component Object Model) object (DLL) to do
that actual saving of the uploaded file. There are any number of 3rd-party
vendors who sell such components, such as Software Artisans
(http://www.softartisans.com).

As you can see, it requires programming. FrontPage 2002 and better includes
a FrontPage File Upload component that you can use much more easily.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
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