ICE Faces fileInput file path and file name properties

Question

I would like to use the ICE Faces input file control to populate the file path and file name for input in the input box on the web page based on the file that the user selects. How can I capture these properties without the actual file transfer operations?

Answer 1

I believe that the real answer is that you cannot. For security reasons, the file path will not be sent by the browser. The file name will be sent, however I do not believe that it is sent without actually downloading.

Closest you can come, afayk to forcefully kill the connection, only when the download starts. This will give you the name of the file with a little actual transferred data, but it does not look like it would be useful for you.

Alternatively, a signed Java applet can bring you closer to the solution you need.