Trouble uploading file with specific filename

Thank you all for helping on this. It works now!!

tgoold wrote:
> It sounds like cffile only writes a text file. Is it even possible to write a
> cfm file? Or is there a step I can do to turn the text file into a cfm file?
>

A cfm file *is* a text file. It is not a binary file, the opposite of a
text file.

The process you are stumbling around with here should look something
like this.

Collect data from your database and form and build the file content into
a variable. <cfsavecontent....> is very handy for this, but not required.

Write that variable to a file with the <cffile action="write"
file="path/to/root/someFile.cfm" output="#contentVariable#">

I don't think this is still quite what I'm looking for. Here's what it says about cffile in the Knowledgebase on Adobe.

cffile action = "write"
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Writes a text file on the server, based on dynamic content. You can create static HTML files from the content, or log actions in a text file.

It sounds like cffile only writes a text file. Is it even possible to write a cfm file? Or is there a step I can do to turn the text file into a cfm file?

Ok, I changed the action back to upload. What's happening now is that my drop down box has not effect (no submit button) and there's a browse field and button underneath it. That won't work, because the file hasn't been created yet so I can't browse for it.

> I've changed the input type to "file" and changed the "upload" to "write".

If you _are_ using a file field (ie <input type="file" ...>) the action should be UPLOAD.

I'm not moving to another page. It's all done on the same page. I write the news release in one field and pick out the filename from a drop down on the same page.

ok, so I've changed the input type to "file" and changed the "upload" to "write". Now I get this error message.

When the value of the ACTION attribute is "WRITE", the tag requires the attribute(s): FILE,OUTPUT.

The error occurred in E:\webdata\website\tax\anewtaxsite\gui\g-add-news2.cfm: line 105

103 : <cfelse>
104 : <cfif isDefined("newsrelease")>
105 : <cffile destination="#getDirectoryFromPath(getBaseTemplatePath())#..\news\#filename#" action="write" nameConflict="overwrite" filefield="fileName" ></cfif>
106 : </cfif></cfif>
107 :

If you really do mean upload a file from the user's browser, you need to use an input field with type "file".

<input type="file" name="yourFieldName" ....>

It must be uploaded on the same page it is submitted to. In other words, you cannot submit the file to ActionPage1, move on to another form, and perform the upload later. It must be processed on ActionPage1.

> take the text that I've written in the form and turn it into a cfml file?

You mean take content from a form (or database) and save it to a cfm file on the server? For that you use <cffile action="write" ...>. The upload action is used for uploading files (images, etcetera) from a user's browser to your server.