rich:fileupload in IE8 shows incorrect path

[mopper]

When using rich:fileupload in combination with IE8 which has its security setting "Include local directory path when uploading files" for the Internet Zone set to DENY (default setting), the path of the file shown in the upload component is always 'c:/fakepath/filename'.

I found this post on the IE8 dev blog regarding this issue: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/03/20/rtm-platform-changes.aspx

Apparently it is caused by IE8 denying javascript access to some parts of the filehandle, because that would enable it to read out username and profile information. However, the javascript used for the rich:fileupload needs that information to retrieve the path of the file.

Is there any way to fix/avoid this (without telling my users to go change their settings or get a decent browser)? I don't really care about displaying the path, just the filename is enough.

Kim.

[mopper]

Apparently there is no 'edit' button ... i forgot to mention that i'm using richfaces 3.3.1

[nbelaevski]

Hi,

I cannot reproduce this on livedemo file upload page - file name is displayed without path, but it is displayed ok. Can you please check?

[mopper]

Hi,

i just verified this: the path shown on the livedemo (http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/fileUpload.jsf) is also consistently c:/fakepath.

Note that it only happens in IE8 with compatibily mode disabled (which is the default setting) and "Include local directory path when uploading files" set to DENY (which is also the default setting).

Kim.

[mopper]

Hi,

i just verified this: the path shown on the livedemo (http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/fileUpload.jsf) is also consistently c:/fakepath.

Note that it only happens in IE8 with compatibily mode disabled (which is the default setting) and "Include local directory path when uploading files" set to DENY (which is also the default setting).

Kim.

[nbelaevski]

Kim,

I still cannot reproduce the problem. Can you please check if you are using released version of IE8?

[mopper]

Checked it with IE8 version 8.0.6001.18702, which is a final release afaik.

[nbelaevski]

I've updated my version of IE 8 (actually I was using beta), so now I see URIs starting with 'c:\fakepath' as should be, however file name is present there. Does this reproduce for any particular file name/path?

[mopper]

I don't want to see the c:/fakepath. It's confusing towards users. I feel it should either show the correct path, or show no path at all. But as far as i can tell, there is no way to make that happen.

[nbelaevski]

I've created RFC for the issue: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-7812. Thank you for reporting this!

[mopper]

Thanks for creating the issue in JIRA. I'll keep my eye on it :)

[mopper]

Thanks for creating the issue. I'll be watching it :)