How To Access Uploaded File Data Prior To CFFILE

[i69alot]

Hi:

Can anyone say why #GetHttpRequestData().content# is empty when I upload files using the conventional input type="file" and form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" HTML?

My goal is to inspect the binary data before using cffile action="upload". Is there a way to do this through CF or perhaps Java? Thanks.

[Dan_Bracuk]

You can write an active x control to do it, but dollars to donuts you'll be foiled by the user's browser.

[BKBK]

Supposing the form field is <input type="file" name="myUpload">, then you could simply intercept the uploaded binary like this:

<!--- We are in the upload form's action page --->

<cffile action="read" file="#form.myUpload#" variable="binaryData">

<!--- Dump the binary data --->

<cfdump var="#binaryData#">

<cffile action = "upload"

    fileField = "myUpload"

    destination = ... etc.>