Is there a way to prevent the file dialogue box from opening ?
My situation is that I need the user to select something from a drop down box before they select the files to upload. I have the drop down box next to the progress div. I have created a custom file dialogue start function, that I check to make sure they have selected something, and display a message telling them if they have not. The file dialogue still opens though.
Thanks
July 27, 2009 - 11:12am
You can disable the button (make sure your button image sprite has a disabled state image). The commands for this are in the Docs.
We plan to add a new button action type of "JAVASCRIPT" so you can hook a javascript function to the Flash button clicks and write your own handler. This won't allow you to pop up the dialog box (that still requires it's own click) but you will be able to disable the file dialog and change the action of the button (like validating a form and starting the upload).
July 27, 2009 - 11:40am
As always, thanks for your quick and helpful response.