File Entry Fields in Lynx

[Sean McMahon]

Glad to hear you got it working.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Astrope" <astrope at tabbweb.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: File Entry Fields in Lynx


> Btw, to enter a file in a file entry field using lynx, you need to hit
> enter on the file entry field, then you can type in the file. I type the
> full path to the file to be sure lynx can find it.
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Perhaps so. But I'm still out of pocket. I have yet to come across a
> > form with a "file entry field." I don't know what that is.
> >
> > Trevor Astrope writes:
> >> Any form with a file entry field!
> >>
> >> I haven't come across any forms wehre lynx will let you submit if you
> >> leave a file entry field empty!
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure this is a lynx bug, not a bug with the page. But the page
> >> is the "add reply" form in the envision forum software.
> >>
> >> Anyway, my fix was to recompile lynx 2.8.5 without file upload enabled. I
> >> just won't be able to actually upload a file if I should ever need to. But
> >> this is less frequent than wehn I need to submit a form without a file
> >> attachment.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
> >>
> >>> Not info information for me here. What form are you submitting? Where is
> >>> it? Can we take a look at it? Why does it have a file entry field if
> >>> you're not submitting a file? What's it for? How did you get there?
> >>>
> >>> Trevor Astrope writes:
> >>>> Does anyone know how to submit a form with a file entry field in lynx
> >>>> the cat?
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't seem to be able to submit a form that has a file entry field
> >>>> without uploading a file, and I  don't need to upload any files!
> >>>>
> >>>> The error I get is: Can't open file for uploading
> >>>>
> >>>> Like I said, I didn't enter anything in the field. is there a way to tell
> >>>> lynx that?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> Trevor
> >>>>
> >>>>
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