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Add a file upload control to a form

Applies to: Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

Important

For security reasons, some server administrators do not allow you to set the properties for the file upload control. If the properties appear dimmed they are unavailable. See your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) (ISP: A business that provides access to the Internet for such things as electronic mail, chat rooms, or use of the World Wide Web. Some ISPs are multinational, offering access in many locations, while others are limited to a specific region.).
To use the file upload control, your Web site must be located on a Web server running Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions (FrontPage Server Extensions: A set of programs and scripts that support authoring in FrontPage and extend the functionality of a Web server.), SharePoint Team Services 1.0 from Microsoft, or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Ask your Web server administrator or ISP whether your server is running these technologies.
Site visitors must use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later to upload files by using the file upload control.

Show Add a file upload control

In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
Open an existing Web page or create a new Web page in which you want to add a file upload control.
If the Web page is new, name and save it.
How?
1. On the File menu, click Save.
2. In the Save As dialog box, in the File name box, type a file name for the Web page.
In the document window, place the pointer where you want to add the file upload control.
On the Insert menu, point to Form, and then click File Upload.
In the Destination Folder dialog box, click Create New Folder, and then type the name of the folder.
Important In order for the Destination Folder dialog box to display, you must name and save the Web page.
Press ENTER, and then click OK.
By default, Microsoft FrontPage creates a form area and into it inserts the upload control field, along with Browse, Submit, and Reset buttons. If FrontPage does not automatically create a form area, the default setting has been changed, and you can reset it.
How?
1. On the Tools menu, click Page Options, and then click the General tab.
2. Locate and select the Automatically enclose form fields within a form check box.
Set the properties of the folder where uploaded files are stored.
How?
1. If the Folder List is hidden, on the View menu, click Folder List.
2. In the Folder List, right-click the folder, and then click Properties.
3. Clear the Allow scripts or programs to be run check box.
4. Select theAllow anonymous upload to this directory checkbox.
5. To overwrite existing files, select the Allow uploaded files to overwrite existing file names checkbox.
6. Click OK.

Show Set properties for a file upload control

Right-click the file upload control field, and then click Form Field Properties.
In the Name box, type the name of the file upload control.
In the Width in characters box, type the number of characters that equals the desired width of the file upload control.