Closed Bug 427883 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

accessing the value of a an input field of type file returns the file name instaed of path and file name

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 405630

People

(Reporter: fst, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5

as the summary says. 

this might break cms systems (i.e. mine) that allow choosing a local file in order to upload it with an ajax post using UniversalXPConnect and file.initWithPath

at least please provide an alternative solution for this

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Version: unspecified → Trunk
was working in 2.0, broken since 3.0beta
not broken, that is by design
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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