File Upload Control in IE8 Workaround?

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Subject: File Upload Control in IE8 Workaround?

Feedback Type: Problem

Product Area: Domino Designer on Eclipse (DDE)

Technical Area: Security

Platform: Windows

Release: 8.5.1

Reproducible: Always

In the past, I've used the File Upload Control coupled with JavaScript running the ActiveXObject( "WScript.shell" ) to type into the controls field the location of files to be uploaded. This way I was able to kick off programmatically an upload of files from the users hard drive, then using a WebQuerySave agent, parse out the attachments to put into the users document. FYI, the application is on a Trusted Site. This worked well in IE 6 and 7 but now in IE 8 that field cannot be typed into or even pasted into because of an IE 8 security feature that appears cannot be changed. I suppose I could make them click the "browse" button and find the files, providing them with a text of the location above the control, but is there another solution I can use to get the files from the users hard drive onto this document without the user needing to do anything manually? You know how users are, the fewer inputs the better. Is there some defined method for uploading files programmatically in Domino via a web browser? Again, the application is not a security issue and is currently set as a Trusted Site with ActiveX controls allowed. Perhaps there an ActiveX control that can be put on a form to do this?

Any thoughts or ideas are most gratefully welcome. Thank you for your help.

Tim Williams

Feedback number WEBB87BSMN created by ~John Desweskiakol on 07/13/2010

Status: Open
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