by sean_dorman » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:03 pm
One example of a use case would be to have an application ask the end user for a destination folder for downloads, and then programmatically take the value element ( IE "/docs/proposals/templates" ) to apply either cURL, PHP or an alternative language to perform a class function or code inherent to the page. While type="file" is useful, it can only dynamically be used as an "anchor" of sorts, subsequently truncating the value retrieved, when all the programmer really wants is a means of allowing users to select a folder destination when users change their default settings that are folder-specific.