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ilija veselica
ilija veselica

Reputation: 9574

C# get file location from client-side

I need user to select file on his computer and get only location of that file (not to upload). Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ile

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1137

Answers (3)

ilija veselica
ilija veselica

Reputation: 9574

Not possible - actually there is not solution that works in all browsers. Thanks to Marnix van Valen for answer (comments)

Upvotes: 0

Chad
Chad

Reputation: 3227

you could create a <file ...> input and when the user clicks the submit button, read the value of the input and then remove it from the DOM before the form is submitted.

I'm not sure if there's a better way.

Upvotes: 0

Pranay Rana
Pranay Rana

Reputation: 176896

You can use javascript with ActivxObject to get file detail of client machine

see the following article might help you Using JavaScript to read a client-side file

Upvotes: 1

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