Upload file from client machine to server - prepopulate file picker path?

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Published on 2010-04-03T15:54:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 18:03 UTC
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Hi,

I'd like to upload a file from a client machine to my server. The user would have to specify the file to upload as I understand it, using a form that looks like:

<input type="file" name="datafile" size="40">

This pops up a native file picker, which is great. The problem I'm having is that it's a real pain (for most users) to go looking around their machine for the file I'm interested in. Is there a way I can initialize the file picker with a path to make it more convenient for the user? Like I know some users will be on a windows machine, so I could prepopulate the picker by already sending them to the My Documents folder for example.

I don't see how this is possible, just wondering if something like that exists,

Thank you

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