Reference: filefield
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:55:50Z

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| Chapter 10 The CGI.pm Module |

## filefield

     print $query->filefield('name' [,'default',size,maxlength ])

Generates a file upload field for Netscape browsers.

name

  The filename to assign the supplied file contents to (required).

default

  The initial value (filename) to place in the text field.

size

  The size of the text field (in characters).

maxlength

  The maximum length of the text field (in characters).

  Using named parameters, the syntax is:

  >     print $query->textfield(-name=>'name',
  >                             -default=>'value',
  >                             -size=>size,
  >                             -maxlength=>maxlength,
  >                             -override=>1,
  >                             -onChange=>function,
  >                             -onFocus=>function,
  >                             -onBlur=>function,
  >                             -onSelect=>function);

  `-override=>1`

    Text field should not inherit its value from a previous invocation of the script.

  `-onChange=>`function

    Browser should execute `function` when the user changes the text field.

  `-onFocus=>`function

    Browser should execute `function` when the focus is on the text field.

  `-onBlur=>`function

    Browser should execute `function` when the focus leaves the text field.

  `-onSelect=>`function

    Browser should execute `function` when the user changes a selected portion of the text field.

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