# File browsing in Application Designer - which Control?

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Former-Crossvision-Products, Application-Composer\
**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383 "2006-06-22T22:03:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Konstantin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Konstantin](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Konstantin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383/1 "2006-06-22T22:03:32Z")

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Hi!

I need the following functionality and cannot find a control for it:

A button with which I can browse the file system and select a file.  
The path should be placed inside a field element.

The only thing I could find is the FILE UPLOAD Control, where the button used there pops up a Dialog which has a Browse Button with the desired functionality.

May question is: How can I somehow only use the Button + functionality displayed inside the POPUP Dialog of FILE UPLOAD Control?  
Or any other solution wanted.

Thanks in advance.

Greets

Konstantin

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**Author:** ![Konstantin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Konstantin](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Konstantin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383/2 "2006-06-23T00:05:04Z")

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I have found a solution but still don’t like it:  
When publishing a layout it is actually possible to change the generated HTML Code. So what I did is replacing the input type from type=“text” to type=“file”.  
Now in runtime I get the desired functionality, but the moment I change my layout by using the Application Designer, and publishing the layout, my modified HTML gets overwritten…  
Actually this could be solved by implementing a new control, right?  
Any suggenstions appreciated…

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**Author:** ![Konstantin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Konstantin](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Konstantin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383/3 "2006-06-23T19:23:56Z")

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Hi, I actually found another solution much better.  
Just open the Layout xml file in Textmode.  
Then use a control called: filenameinput  
FILENAMEINPUT works almost the same as the control FIELD

Here are the attributes that will work:

Then save your XML Layout and open it with Layout GUI Designer and publish it.  
There you go.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/file-browsing-in-application-designer-which-control/57383/4 "2021-04-02T14:38:35Z")

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