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Sun May 02 01:25:20 CDT 2004
You have to open your live site (or the site you're testing
with) using an
http:// URL. Then, in Folder Properties, you
have to clear Allow Scripts To Be Run before you select
Allow Anonmymous Uploads To This Directory.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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"Steve" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<715801c42fd4$80f09840$a301280a@phx.gbl>...
> How do you configure the folder properties to permit
> anonymous uploads? When I right click on the folder
> properties, the 3 option boxes are grayed out.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This sort of thing usually involves three main tasks.
> >
> >1. Create a form that can upload files. To do this in
> > FrontPage, add a File Upload control to your forms
> > page, configure it to save files in the folder you
> > want, and configure the folder properties to permit
> > anonymous uploads.
> >
> >2. Save the uploaded filename in the alum's database
> > record. Unfortunately, FrontPage can't receive
> > file uploads and update databases from the same form.
> > So instead, you'd have to configure the form to send
> > you mail, and then you'd have to update the database
> > records manually (using the Database Interface Wizard,
> > for example.)
> >
> > Updating the database manually would also give you
> > the opportunity to review the pictures and move
> > the legitimate ones to a "safe" area. (Inevitably,
> > you're going to get a few pictures of clowns,
> > animals, and naked people, and you probably want
> > to double-check those before going "live".)
> >
> >3. Modify your reporting pages to create <img> tags
> > if the alum's record contains a picture name.
> > If you're using the Database results Wizard, for
> > example, you need to create a custom query that
> > contains code like this:
> >
> >SELECT IIf("" & [picname]<>"","<img src=""images/" &
> >[picname] & """>") AS pictag, ...
> >
> > and then, in the finished Database Results Region,
> > configure the pictag Database Column Value
> > Properties as Column Value Contains HTML.
> >
> >Jim Buyens
> >Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> >
http://www.interlacken.com
> >Author of:
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> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I have used the wizard and create a page that returns
> >>queries, another allowing the user to enter records. I
> >>now want to be able to have the user upload an image
> into
> >>the database. I assume the best way is to have a button
> >>to browse to locate, then upload.
> >>
> >>I have an alumni site that really needs to have the
> >>ability for the users to upload images, please help. I
> >>have had several requests for this and I cannot figure
> out
> >>how to do it, any help would be appreciated!
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >