Posted by Neredbojias on 12/30/07 10:01

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:26:25 GMT
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> I need some help guys. I'm trying to modify a working MIDI ringtone
> uploader (HTML code) to use radio buttons rather than the standard
> "<INPUT type=>" file selector so the user doesn't have to browse and
> choose from hundreds of MIDI files or manually type the MIDI filename
> into the input box.
>
>
> How do I replace this:
>
> <INPUT type=file name=file>
>
> With FOUR simple radio buttons like this:
>
> <input type="radio" name="song" value="song1.mid">
> <input type="radio" name="song" value="song2.mid">
> <input type="radio" name="song" value="song3.mid">
> <input type="radio" name="song" value="song4.mid">
>
> When I replace <INPUT type=file name=file> with the above radio
> buttons and try it out the server returns this error: "Upload Failed,
> Please Pickup a valid audio file".
>
> But the files are VALID they work fine using <INPUT type=file
> name=file> but not with the radio buttons. What am I missing here? The
> MIDI's are in the same directory as the HTML file, I even tried
> changing the radio button values to the "Exact" file location ie:
> value="c:/midi/song1.mid" and it still doesn't work. Any suggestions?
> I'm willing to use a drop down box instead but I'd need to see some
> sample code of how that's done.

Using radio buttons for file uploads in forms doesn't work because
currently only inputs can be "file select" (upload) elements.

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Neredbojias
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