Pre Populating a Input type=file field

Hi
I need to populate an Input type=file field with a value from database or any kind of variable for that matter.
Is there a way I can do this?
I was told that using the <input type=file> for a method post form ignores the value attribute.
Is there another way to do this?

Thanks

Amit Pandya

As far as I know, this can't be done. There is not much you can do with the file input type.

Amit -

I just came up with the same problem trying to clear out the value. In JavaScript you can alter the *outerHTML* value. Mine looked like:
document.myForm.imgFile.outerHTML = '<input type=file size=50 maxlength=250 name=imgFile value="">';

This cleared out the field (IE 6.0).

The converse of this might work as well, but be aware I haven't yet POSTed the data - there might be something internal that the Browse... button does, though I wouldn't think so, since you can type directly into the text box. - I'll let you know.

(Also- this might be considered unsafe depending on your audience - mine is quite small, and all on IE 6.0+)

Hope this helps - Ben