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From: Tim Slattery on 18 Mar 2010 09:10
Roedy Green <see_website(a)mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:

>Look at the client side HTML on any forum that lets you select a local
>image for upload. You use <input type="file" and accept="list of
>acceptable mime types".

How would that work? How would the browser look at a file name and
decide whether that file is one of the specified types?

And how many browsers implement that property anyway?

The page at http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/input.html
says: "Current browsers generally ignore the ACCEPT attribute." I
suspect that's true (but I don't know for sure).

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From: Peter Olcott on 18 Mar 2010 14:18

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> wrote in message
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> Roedy Green <see_website(a)mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Look at the client side HTML on any forum that lets you
>>select a local
>>image for upload. You use <input type="file" and
>>accept="list of
>>acceptable mime types".
>
> How would that work? How would the browser look at a file
> name and
> decide whether that file is one of the specified types?
>
> And how many browsers implement that property anyway?
>
> The page at
> http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/input.html
> says: "Current browsers generally ignore the ACCEPT
> attribute." I
> suspect that's true (but I don't know for sure).

I tried in on IE 8.0 and it is ignored. From the File
Selection DialogBox that is displayed There are three
filetypes that can be selected:
(a) All Files
(b) Image Files (including PNG)
(c) HTML files

I have tentatively rejected the Java way because it seems to
be less secure for the client.

>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> Slattery_T(a)bls.gov
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt


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