# Uploading a specific local file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-a-specific-local-file/264769>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-a-specific-local-file/264769 "2008-06-30T11:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![maloola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@maloola](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maloola)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-a-specific-local-file/264769/1 "2008-06-30T11:49:11Z")

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i know i can use FileReference for uploading a file, and the user can choose a file with the browse() function.  
but how can i upload a local file (xml that changes at run time) without the browse command?

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**Author:** ![dthought](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/dthought/32/3573_2.png) [@dthought](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dthought)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/uploading-a-specific-local-file/264769/2 "2008-06-30T14:08:30Z")

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Unless I’m mistaken, you cannot upload a file without requiring the user to first choose the file, for fairly obvious security reasons 😉