HTMLInputfile problem with VS2003

[John Mason]

I am using VS 2003 and the accept parameter neither comes
up in intellisense nor restricts the file types. Is this a
bug?
This is how the form is defined -
<form id="frmBreaks" method="post" runat="server"
enctype="multipart/form-data">

This is how the control is defined -
<INPUT id="inpFile1" type="file" name="inpFile1"
runat="server">

If I try to add the 'accept' property I have to do it by
hand as intellisense doesn't include it. When I do, I get
a red wavy line and the error "'Could not find any
attribute 'accept' of element 'input'".

If I add the property programatically, it seems to be
accepted, but it still doesn't restrict file type.

Anyone got an idea?

TIA, John

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

even if VS.NET shows that as red line, it doesn't prevent from using it.
VS.NEt's Intellisense ain't perfect either. Just ignore the message.

 

[Hans Kesting]

I am using VS 2003 and the accept parameter neither comes
up in intellisense nor restricts the file types. Is this a
bug?

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/input_file.asp
It doesn't list this parameter, so I take it IE doesn't handle it.

I seem to recall that this (useful!) parameter *is* in the HTML
specification, but that
few browsers support it (yet?).

Hans Kesting

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Ah yes, very true, in MSDN docs there is that "There is no functionality
implemented for this property unless defined by the author"

 

[Guest]

Well, thanks for the responses guys but I'm still unable
to filter.
When I click the browse button on the control I just
get 'Files of Type: All Files (*.*)'
Am I to assume then that IE6 doesn't support this
functionality?

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

I believe you should try to do that filtering at the server.

Via the PostedFile.ContentType property of HtmlInputFile you can try to
check the type at the server.