276581 - Uploading file returns the wrong extension ?

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Bill]

Hi, really like the Mozilla browser & use it most of the time. I prefer not to 
use IE (or any other microsoft rubbish) & object to MS trying to force us to 
use their **** products. 
I was applying for a job at this site : 
http://www.eujobs.cummins.com/newsite/cummins/currentvacancies.asp 
Select any job & then click on 'apply for this job' - upload a  Word doc as the 
site insists & submit the form, then it throws a 'file type not allowed' error. 
I made sure all other fields were OK & narrowed the problem down to this 
download. Tried again with IE & it worked. Looking at the source it looks like 
they try to strip out the extension for some reason. 
Anyway - not a show stopper but it may apply to other situations as well, 
good luck, 
cheers 
Bill

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

That script doesn't work for a number of reasons. The line that causes problems is:
var dot = document.app.cvLocation.value.substr(word,word.length).match(/\W/ig).index

That line doesn't seem to make any sense. It works in IE because the index
property is defined and returns two. They don't even seem to be matching the
right part of the string. Changing it to .length makes it work fine, although
even that works only because there happens to be two symbols in the beginning of
the file path string ("C:\" contains ":" and "\") and 5-2=3, which is the length
of an filename extension "doc".

var word =
document.app.cvLocation.value.substr(document.app.cvLocation.value.length -5
,document.app.cvLocation.value.length)
var dot = document.app.cvLocation.value.substr(word
,word.length).match(/\W/ig).index
if (!checkExtention(word.substr(dot, word.length)))

Anyways, I don't know whether this is INVALID or not, so I'll defer that
decision to someone else.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

No use having a bug open where nothing will ever be done. This is just caused by
bad javascript, so closing.