Posted by Torgny Bjers on 09/28/23 11:25

IMHO this is just a design issue, why not just hide the upload field,
display a message that they need not re-upload, and just add a hidden
field with the name of the uploaded file and once they've corrected
their fields, they re-post, and viola, you've got your file still.

angelo@zlogic.co.za wrote:

>Thanks for the replies.
>
>Well basically i need it for an "add products" page and if the users doesnt fill
>in all the fields correctly I display some error message as well as populate the
>textfields and dropdown lists with the values they previously entered, so if
>they entered/selected the file I want to display it again so they don't have to
>upload the file again. I know that I could do it without the user knowing
>(backed) but then they might think they have to select the file again because
>the upload field will be blank.
>

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