Question

Hi how would I send a file to a server through action in Javascript
///

<script> 
function go() 
{
    document.MyForm.action = "http://"+document.Config.IP.value+":"+document.Config.PORT.value
    document.MyForm.submit();

}
</script>

so instead of sending the form i send the FILE (root.xml)

how would i go about doing this?

Answer 1

Well, you can do this with JavaScript, but it’s difficult and not widely supported. The new File API allows your browser-based code ringfenced access to specific files.

But by far the more useful, and universally-supported, mechanism is to have a file input in a form that gets submitted:

<form action="/your/page/that/handles/receipt/">
<input type='file' name='theFile'>
</form>

If the user selects a file, when that form is submitted (which you can do via Form#submit if you like) the file is transmitted with it. No special handling involved.