On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:07:06 -0500 (EST), Asad Habib <ahabib@engin.umich.edu> wrote:
Hello. Is there a way to pass a variable for the id argument to manage_addFile? I want the user to be able to choose the id for a file that they wish to upload instead of hard-coding it in as a string literal.
NEVER trust input passed through a form as being free of malicious or downright unluckily selected characters! You can either choose the ID to be something generated randomly (write something to call thus : context.generate_a_random_id_for_me()), or even pass the string the user intended and try to fix any illegal characters ... if you like ;-) Problem with random IDs is - they might be taken so you can't even trust your own function - double-check! [You might want to acquire the container for the Z-Object you're creating and use it's objectIds() list to do that] Try passing your id-string as title, this field is for the elaborate stuff, id is just a handle - I'd just show it if no title is set. [Z-Object.title_or_id()] You can even have HTML in your titles ... -- --- The Count | http://count0.dyndns.org/members/count0 # Programmers don't DIE - they just GOSUB without RETURN