hmm iv never seen something to select a directory,, only <input> for a file.. i just ran into a situation where i needed the entire directory as well so i was forced to zip it after researching for a solution for a few minutes. Im thinking maybe you could use javascript or php (if you have support) to remove all the text after the foward slash? would that give you the effect of selecting the directory? iv gotta to see if this is even possible though
yea i thought about selecting the file and then just processing the string so it just selects the directory but that looks kinda slopy. if thats waht you ment exactly.
what im doing now is using all this code to make my own custom file dialog since i havent been able to find anything about it. ill post up my resulting code when im done if your interested
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Folder Browse Tool </TITLE>
<HTA:APPLICATION ID="oWImport"
APPLICATIONNAME="Folder Browse Tool"
BORDER="thin"
BORDERSTYLE = "raised"
CAPTION="yes"
ICON=""
SCROLL="no"
SHOWINTASKBAR="yes"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
SYSMENU="YES"
WINDOWSTATE="normal">
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
//*************************
//Comments and instructions
//Application author: Robert L. Taylor
//Date: Sept, 2005
//
//This program loads a list of folders
//
//
// If you are trying to run this script in a way that generates an
// unknown file error (such as from the run line in a NAL object)
// you can use the AppLoad.exe file with this script as a parameter.
//
var ImWorking = 0;
var f;
var ForReading = 1;
var ForWriting = 2;
var ForAppending = 8;
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var net = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Network");
var oShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
function ExitWI()
{
self.close();
return false;
}
function DetectEnter()
{
var a = event.keyCode;
if (a == 13)
{
CreateMyList();
}
}
function ValidateFolder()
{
var a = document.form1.FolderRoot.value;
var b = "\\\\";
var aNum;
if (a == "")
{
a = "\\";
}
if (a.length == 1)
{
if (a != "\\")
{
aNum=alphastring.indexOf(a,0);//if found then char is a letter of the alphabet
if (aNum < 0)//doesn't exist in string
{
a = "\\";
}
else
{
a += ":\\";
}
}
}
if (a.length == 2)
{
if (a.substring(1,2) == ":")
{
a += "\\";
}
}
if (a.substring(0,1) != "\\")
{
if (a.substring(1,2) != ":")
{
a = b + a;//adds the slashes needed for a UNC name
}
}
document.form1.FolderRoot.value = a;
}
function ListSelectedFolder()
{
var a = document.form1.SelectMe.value;
if (a != "")
{
document.form1.FolderRoot.value = a;
CreateMyList();
}
document.form1.SelectMe.focus();
}
function Drivechange()
{
document.form1.FolderRoot.value = document.form1.Driveselect.value;
CreateMyList();
document.form1.SelectMe.focus();
}
function ListDriveMaps()
{
if (ImWorking==1)
{
alert("Already loading the drive list... this can take some time so please wait");
return false;
}
ImWorking=1;
var oOption;
document.form1.SelectMe.length = 0;
fc = new Enumerator(fso.Drives);
for (; !fc.atEnd(); fc.moveNext())
{
oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text=fc.item() + "\\";
oOption.value=fc.item() + "\\";
document.form1.SelectMe.add(oOption);
}
ImWorking=0;
return false;
}
function GoUpFolder()
{
var a = fso.GetParentFolderName(document.form1.FolderRoot.value);
if (a != "")
{
document.form1.FolderRoot.value = a;
CreateMyList();
}
else
{
document.form1.FolderRoot.value = "\\";
ListDriveMaps();
}
document.form1.SelectMe.focus();
}
function ViewFile()
{
ShowSelectedFile();
var a = document.form1.SelectMe2.value;
var TheCommand = "notepad.exe";
if (fso.FileExists(a))
{
try
{
oShell.Run("\"" + TheCommand + "\"" + " \"" + a + "\"",1,true);
}
catch(err)
{
alert("There has been a problem running " + TheCommand);
}
}
document.form1.SelectMe2.focus();
}
function RunFile()
{
ShowSelectedFile();
var a = document.form1.SelectMe2.value;
if (fso.FileExists(a))
{
try
{
oShell.Run("\"" + a + "\"",1,true);
}
catch(err)
{
alert("There has been a problem running " + a);
}
}
document.form1.SelectMe2.focus();
}
function ShowSelectedFile()
{
document.form1.SFile.value = document.form1.SelectMe2.value;
}
function CreateDriveList()
{
if (ImWorking==1)
{
alert("Already loading the drive list... this can take some time so please wait");
return false;
}
ImWorking=1;
var oOption;
document.form1.Driveselect.length = 0;
oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text="Drive List";
oOption.value="Drive List";
document.form1.Driveselect.add(oOption);
fc = new Enumerator(fso.Drives);
for (; !fc.atEnd(); fc.moveNext())
{
oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text=fc.item();
oOption.value=fc.item();
document.form1.Driveselect.add(oOption);
}
ImWorking=0;
document.form1.Driveselect.selectedIndex = 0;
return false;
}
function CreateFileList()
{
if (ImWorking==1)
{
alert("Already loading the file list... this can take some time so please wait");
return false;
}
var a;
CreateDriveList();
ValidateFolder();
a = document.form1.FolderRoot.value;
if (a == "\\")
{
ListDriveMaps();
return false;
}
if (!fso.FolderExists(a))
{
return false;
}
ImWorking=1;
var f = fso.GetFolder(a);
var oOption;
fc = new Enumerator(f.files);
document.form1.SelectMe2.length = 0;
for (; !fc.atEnd(); fc.moveNext())
{
oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text=fc.item();
oOption.value=fc.item();
document.form1.SelectMe2.add(oOption);
}
ImWorking=0;
document.form1.SelectMe2.selectedIndex = 0;
//document.form1.SelectMe2.focus();
ShowSelectedFile();
return false;
}
function CreateMyList()
{
if (ImWorking==1)
{
alert("Already loading the folder list... this can take some time so please wait");
return false;
}
CreateDriveList();
ValidateFolder();
if (!fso.FolderExists(document.form1.FolderRoot.value))
{
return false;
}
ImWorking=1;
var a = document.form1.FolderRoot.value;
var f = fso.GetFolder(a);
var oOption;
fc = new Enumerator(f.SubFolders);
document.form1.SelectMe.length = 0;
for (; !fc.atEnd(); fc.moveNext())
{
oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text=fc.item();
oOption.value=fc.item();
document.form1.SelectMe.add(oOption);
}
ImWorking=0;
CreateFileList();
document.form1.SelectMe.selectedIndex = 0;
document.form1.FolderRoot.focus();
return false;
}
//-->
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#cccccc" scroll="yes">
<FORM NAME="form1" onSubmit="return false">
<table BORDER=4 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 WIDTH="450" BGCOLOR="#FFFFD2">
<tr><td>
Folder to View (type drive and folder specification here to start.. UNC supported ie: \\server\sys)..
<select name="Driveselect" onchange = "Drivechange()" size=1 STYLE="width:100">
</select>
<br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="FolderRoot" onkeyup = "DetectEnter()" value="C:\" STYLE="width:350" size=28>
</td><td>
Selected File (select a file in the file list... then you can copy and paste this text to have a full file spec.)
<br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="SFile" value="" STYLE="width:450" size=28>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="View Selected Folder" NAME="LSFolder" STYLE="width:140" STYLE="background-color:#eee9e9" onClick="ListSelectedFolder()" TITLE="Click here to list subfolders of the selected folder">
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Go Up One Level" NAME="UpFolder" STYLE="width:120" STYLE="background-color:#eee9e9" onClick="GoUpFolder()" TITLE="Click here to go up a level">
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Exit Folder Browse Tool" NAME="ExitWIn" STYLE="width:150" STYLE="background-color:#eee9e9" onClick="ExitWI()" TITLE="Click here to exit">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<font color="#0000D2"><b>Subfolder list</b></font>
<br>
<select name="SelectMe" ondblclick = "ListSelectedFolder()" size=20 STYLE="width:350">
</select><br>
</td><td>
<font color="#0000D2"><b>File list</b></font><br>
<select name="SelectMe2" onchange = "ShowSelectedFile()" size=20 STYLE="width:450">
</select><br>
</td></tr>
</table><br>
</form>
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
window.resizeTo(900, 580);
window.moveTo(40,40);
CreateMyList();
document.form1.SelectMe.focus();
//-->
</script>
</BODY>
</HTML>