> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file path/name
> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
>
> Thx

"Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162936291.885855.65240@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> The HTML markup to do file upload is the INPUT element with "file" set
> as the TYPE.  You can read the specifications on it here.
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
>
> Unfortunately it does not support a file size limit with an attribute
> on that markup element.  That would be an obvious feature, but perhaps
> it is not allowed due to security concerns although the size should be
> a safe value to expose to an untrusted website.  This is touchy because
> it is one of the few features of a web browser which gives you access
> to the user's file system.
>
> I just browsed a site I use which has an upload features and used
> Firefox's Firebug add-on to browse the DOM for the upload form and it
> did not show the size of the file I had selected.
>
> If there is a way to limit file size for uploads I would also like to
> know it.
>
> Brennan Stehling
> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
>
> E. Kwong wrote:
>> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file
>> path/name
>> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
>>
>> Thx
>

"Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
news:uzh5JS0AHHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you have access to the web-site's configuration file, you can limit the
> upload size via the Web.config file as follows:
>
> <system.web>
>   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="<max size in KB>"/>
> </system.web>
>
> Mike Ober.
>
>
>
> "Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162936291.885855.65240@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> The HTML markup to do file upload is the INPUT element with "file" set
>> as the TYPE.  You can read the specifications on it here.
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
>>
>> Unfortunately it does not support a file size limit with an attribute
>> on that markup element.  That would be an obvious feature, but perhaps
>> it is not allowed due to security concerns although the size should be
>> a safe value to expose to an untrusted website.  This is touchy because
>> it is one of the few features of a web browser which gives you access
>> to the user's file system.
>>
>> I just browsed a site I use which has an upload features and used
>> Firefox's Firebug add-on to browse the DOM for the upload form and it
>> did not show the size of the file I had selected.
>>
>> If there is a way to limit file size for uploads I would also like to
>> know it.
>>
>> Brennan Stehling
>> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
>>
>> E. Kwong wrote:
>>> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file
>>> path/name
>>> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>
>
>

"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:OhwCwZ2AHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That works but not at the moment the filename is put in the upload box as
> the original poster requested.
>
> I don't know of any way to meet that requirement other than a thick client
> such as a windows forms component (with the appropriate permissions) or an
> ActiveX control.
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr
> MCSD, MVP, CSM
> http://SteveOrr.net
>
>
>
> "Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uzh5JS0AHHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> If you have access to the web-site's configuration file, you can limit
>> the upload size via the Web.config file as follows:
>>
>> <system.web>
>>   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="<max size in KB>"/>
>> </system.web>
>>
>> Mike Ober.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162936291.885855.65240@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> The HTML markup to do file upload is the INPUT element with "file" set
>>> as the TYPE.  You can read the specifications on it here.
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
>>>
>>> Unfortunately it does not support a file size limit with an attribute
>>> on that markup element.  That would be an obvious feature, but perhaps
>>> it is not allowed due to security concerns although the size should be
>>> a safe value to expose to an untrusted website.  This is touchy because
>>> it is one of the few features of a web browser which gives you access
>>> to the user's file system.
>>>
>>> I just browsed a site I use which has an upload features and used
>>> Firefox's Firebug add-on to browse the DOM for the upload form and it
>>> did not show the size of the file I had selected.
>>>
>>> If there is a way to limit file size for uploads I would also like to
>>> know it.
>>>
>>> Brennan Stehling
>>> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
>>>
>>> E. Kwong wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file
>>>> path/name
>>>> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
>>>>
>>>> Thx
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

> Agreed - it doesn't answer OPs original question, but it can at least block
> arbitrarily large files from being uploaded, which I suspect was the intent.
>
> Mike.
>
> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
> news:OhwCwZ2AHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > That works but not at the moment the filename is put in the upload box as
> > the original poster requested.
> >
> > I don't know of any way to meet that requirement other than a thick client
> > such as a windows forms component (with the appropriate permissions) or an
> > ActiveX control.
> >
> > --
> > I hope this helps,
> > Steve C. Orr
> > MCSD, MVP, CSM
> > http://SteveOrr.net
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:uzh5JS0AHHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> If you have access to the web-site's configuration file, you can limit
> >> the upload size via the Web.config file as follows:
> >>
> >> <system.web>
> >>   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="<max size in KB>"/>
> >> </system.web>
> >>
> >> Mike Ober.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1162936291.885855.65240@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>> The HTML markup to do file upload is the INPUT element with "file" set
> >>> as the TYPE.  You can read the specifications on it here.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately it does not support a file size limit with an attribute
> >>> on that markup element.  That would be an obvious feature, but perhaps
> >>> it is not allowed due to security concerns although the size should be
> >>> a safe value to expose to an untrusted website.  This is touchy because
> >>> it is one of the few features of a web browser which gives you access
> >>> to the user's file system.
> >>>
> >>> I just browsed a site I use which has an upload features and used
> >>> Firefox's Firebug add-on to browse the DOM for the upload form and it
> >>> did not show the size of the file I had selected.
> >>>
> >>> If there is a way to limit file size for uploads I would also like to
> >>> know it.
> >>>
> >>> Brennan Stehling
> >>> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
> >>>
> >>> E. Kwong wrote:
> >>>> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file
> >>>> path/name
> >>>> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thx
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

"Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163173614.588361.189770@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> This would be an ideal space for a Click-Once application which uploads
> files using a desktop application.  It could connect to a web service
> and send 1000kb chunks and monitor the progress for the user.  It could
> even support a stop and resume process.
>
> Such functionality is strongly lacking from the web browsers.
>
> http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/Redirect.aspx?title=ClickOnce+Deployment+Overview+&url=http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/142dbbz4.aspx
>
> Brennan Stehling
> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
>
> Michael D. Ober wrote:
>> Agreed - it doesn't answer OPs original question, but it can at least
>> block
>> arbitrarily large files from being uploaded, which I suspect was the
>> intent.
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
>> news:OhwCwZ2AHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > That works but not at the moment the filename is put in the upload box
>> > as
>> > the original poster requested.
>> >
>> > I don't know of any way to meet that requirement other than a thick
>> > client
>> > such as a windows forms component (with the appropriate permissions) or
>> > an
>> > ActiveX control.
>> >
>> > --
>> > I hope this helps,
>> > Steve C. Orr
>> > MCSD, MVP, CSM
>> > http://SteveOrr.net
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
>> > news:uzh5JS0AHHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >> If you have access to the web-site's configuration file, you can limit
>> >> the upload size via the Web.config file as follows:
>> >>
>> >> <system.web>
>> >>   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="<max size in KB>"/>
>> >> </system.web>
>> >>
>> >> Mike Ober.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Brennan Stehling" <offwh***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1162936291.885855.65240@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >>> The HTML markup to do file upload is the INPUT element with "file"
>> >>> set
>> >>> as the TYPE.  You can read the specifications on it here.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
>> >>>
>> >>> Unfortunately it does not support a file size limit with an attribute
>> >>> on that markup element.  That would be an obvious feature, but
>> >>> perhaps
>> >>> it is not allowed due to security concerns although the size should
>> >>> be
>> >>> a safe value to expose to an untrusted website.  This is touchy
>> >>> because
>> >>> it is one of the few features of a web browser which gives you access
>> >>> to the user's file system.
>> >>>
>> >>> I just browsed a site I use which has an upload features and used
>> >>> Firefox's Firebug add-on to browse the DOM for the upload form and it
>> >>> did not show the size of the file I had selected.
>> >>>
>> >>> If there is a way to limit file size for uploads I would also like to
>> >>> know it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Brennan Stehling
>> >>> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/
>> >>>
>> >>> E. Kwong wrote:
>> >>>> Is it possible to obtain the file size at the moment when the file
>> >>>> path/name
>> >>>> populates the textbox portion of the FileUpload control?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thx
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>