In order to upload a file, you must have at least the following in your HTML (this is just off the top of my head):

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
  <input type="file" name="somefile">
  <input type="submit">
</form>

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The reason you must have that is because then the user must actively select a file to upload by either browsing for the file or input the file path and name into the input box. If you could just supply the filename in a cookie, this would be a major security hole because you could silently upload files without the user's consent.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid) Re: uploading by Ovid
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