Browse to Folder instead of Folder + File

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I am working on a C# ASP.NET project where I need to allow the user to
browse to a folder. The only way I see how to do this is use <input
type=file>. But this makes the user select a file and returns folder
+ filename. I only want the folder path.

Does someone have a possible solution other than <input type=file>?
 
Dan said:
I am working on a C# ASP.NET project where I need to allow the user to
browse to a folder. The only way I see how to do this is use <input
type=file>. But this makes the user select a file and returns folder
+ filename. I only want the folder path.

Does someone have a possible solution other than <input type=file>?
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What do you mean, "browse to a folder?" What would the user see when he got
there?
 
John Saunders said:
What do you mean, "browse to a folder?" What would the user see when he got
there?
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When I use <input type=file> it allows the user to browse their hard
drive and return a path to the selected filename. I want to allow the
user to select a folder rather than file and return only the folder
path.
 
Dan said:
"John Saunders" <john.saunders at SurfControl.com> wrote in message

When I use <input type=file> it allows the user to browse their hard
drive and return a path to the selected filename. I want to allow the
user to select a folder rather than file and return only the folder
path.
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<input type=file> doesn't just return the path, it returns the entire file.
 
John Saunders said:
<input type=file> doesn't just return the path, it returns the entire file.
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Thanks John, but it actually returns both.

c:\blather\blah\bleep.txt

path = c:\blather\blah
file = bleep.txt.

<input type=file> will return path + file. Now that we have that
straightened out. I want something that returns ONLY path. And the
dialog box only allows the user to select a folder, not file.

I am using this so I can ask a user what folder has the files I want
to do things to.
 
Dan said:
"John Saunders" <john.saunders at SurfControl.com> wrote in message file.

Thanks John, but it actually returns both.

c:\blather\blah\bleep.txt

path = c:\blather\blah
file = bleep.txt.

<input type=file> will return path + file. Now that we have that
straightened out. I want something that returns ONLY path. And the
dialog box only allows the user to select a folder, not file.

I am using this so I can ask a user what folder has the files I want
to do things to.
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I mean that it returns the FILE contents itself. I didn't mean that it
returns the file.typ part of a filespec.

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...mwebuihtmlcontrolshtmlinputfileclasstopic.asp.
 
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