Re: [Htmlunit-user] Trouble using HtmlFileInput - question

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There is a bug in 1.3pre1 that is already known and seems to be fixed as a developer list says, but is not released yet: inputs are not submitted with the form if they are not direct children.

Brad Clarke <bc...@bo...> wrote:

>At 08:05 PM 11/25/2003, you wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>>How does one / can one simulate the mime-encoding necessary to upload a 
>>file using an HtmlFileInput?
>>
>>I am trying to use 1.3pre1 to successfully do a mime-encoded post of a 
>>form having a <input type="file" name="foo"> HtmlFileInput (fi) element.
>>
>>I am assuming that if I write code like:
>>
>>         HtmlFileInput fi = (HtmlFileInput) form.getAllInputsByName("foo")[0];
>>         fi.setValueAttribute("/some/path/to/a/real/file");
>>         .....
>>         form.submit("submit button name");
>>
>>that the "foo" parameter would be encoded and sent to the servlet.  I 
>>understand this was just added, so I want to make sure I am doing things 
>>the right way here.
>
>As long as the content-type of the form is multipart/form-data this should 
>work fine
>
>
>>It appears that the "foo" file input is not a submittable element (See 
>>HtmlForm.isSubmittable()), so it is not getting sent in the post request 
>>attributes....)
>
>HtmlForm.isSubmittable() says that any inputs not of type "radio", "image", 
>"checkbox", or "submit" is a submittable element.

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