How to upload a file by clicking a link instead of button?

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I need an way to upload a file by clicking a link instead of button(<input type="file" name="somename"/>). This feature has been newly added to GMail, to attached a file we need to click a link.

Any ideas or code of how this can be done are needed.

Thanks

Welcoem to Java programming forums.
This is a Java Forum....not a html/php/javascript forum.

Maybe it redirects you to a page with an upload script on it?

Chris

Hello raghuprasad,

Chris is right, this is a Java forum, not a JavaScript forum. The two languages are different.

I think I can help you with this one though regardless..

If you were to do this with JavaScript, all you need to do is add a 'onclick' to the href link which calls the desired function.

For example, create the upload function and put it on your page:

Code :

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<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--hide
function upload()
{
//upload code here
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

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Then on your href link:

Code :

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<a href="javascript:upload()">Attach an image</a>

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When the 'Attach an image' link is clicked, the upload function is called.

Do a Google search on how to upload files using Javascript

javascript upload file - Google Search