Set starting folder path when calling as file browser (pick.

I'd also like to do this.
Would you mind sharing your solution?

Can anybody help with this? What I'd really like to do is to be able to show the user folders that relate specifically to them... not on account of their user details because this is immaterial to the web application that I'm designing. What I'd really like is to pass this information via the pick.js file and that the request.querystring variable means the user then sees folders specific to them:
'/fds/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?&CurrentFolder=committees&Type=File&Connector=connectors/asp/connector.asp',

I've spent a whole morning searching and trying to find the answer myself but I'm completely stuck at the minute.

Does anyone have an answer to this? I need to do the exact same thing. Thanks in advance!

Download the latest version of CKFinder and take a look at the popups example.
There are StartupPath and StartupFolderExpanded properties available to control the startup folder. Take a look into the documentation for an explanation of other available options.

In short, setting for example:

StartupPath = 'Images:/path/to/dir/';

How does this work using the FCK Connector? I tried putting it in the config file with no luck.

StartupPath is a property of the CKFinder object. See documentation for more information.
There is a working example included in the CKFinder package that shows how StartupPath can be used: "_samples/js/popups.html".
StartupPath can be used in a similar way when CKFinder is attached to FCKeditor with the SetupFCKeditor method.

In javascript you can use also the following syntax:

CKFinder.SetupFCKeditor( oFCKeditor, { BasePath : '/ckfinder/', StartupPath : 'Images:/path/to/directory/' } ) ;

Thanks a bunch. This works well for my site now so I have purchased a license.

Great work guys!

Please help, I am unable to get the StartupPath setting to work. No matter what I try the finder always seems to go to the default folder of userfiles. Based on some posts I have read, I have taken the ckfinder/_samples/js/fckeditor.html example and modified it to try the StartupPath. I commented out this line

//CKFinder.SetupFCKeditor( oFCKeditor, '../../' ) ;

And added this line

CKFinder.SetupFCKeditor( oFCKeditor, { BasePath : '../../', StartupPath : 'Images:/test/' } ) ;

On the file system I made a copy of the userfiles directory and called it test. Added a few different pictures in the test directory so I could tell the two directories apart. It is at the same level as the userfiles directory, and has the same permissions. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you

If your "test" folder is at the same level that the "userfiles" folder, you need to specify that path in config.php, the StartupPath is meant to start the browser in the "test" folder inside "userfiles"

Thank you for the response. I moved the test folder into the userfiles folder. Left the rest of the configuration the same, still get the same result, opens the default folder. Do I need to make changes elsewhere also?

First of all make sure that when you click on the Images resource type in CKFinder, the "test" folder is there (startup folder must exist).
Another thing to check is whether the resource type used in the startup path is available in the FCKeditor dialog that you have opened (i.e. if StartupPath is pointing to Files resource type and you have opened Image Dialog, where by default only Image resource type is available, the the StartupPath will not work as well).

Thank you, that helped. I had to move the test folder into the images folder and not in the userfiles folder. I now have the start up folder working but it does not provide the functionality I was looking for. I am looking for the ability to provide access to a different folder depending on the user and each user would only have access to the folder delegated to them. I believe what I need to do is set the $baseUrl variable ,from the properties file, dynamically, is there a way to do that? If not any other suggestions on how to achieve the requirement?

Your assumptions are correct, $baseDir and $baseUrl are the values that should be changed dynamically. Probably the best way to do it is to use session variables.

junt wrote:I am looking for the ability to provide access to a different folder depending on the user and each user would only have access to the folder delegated to them. I believe what I need to do is set the $baseUrl variable ,from the properties file, dynamically, is there a way to do that? If not any other suggestions on how to achieve the requirement?

@BenG - at this moment the only supported configuration options in the CKFinder.setupCKEditor method (passed in the config object) are: basePath, width and height.
I have corrected the documentation, thanks and apologies for the confusion.

I was scrubbing my head off and this is my final easiest solution at this moment:
Use javascript to set cookie name "CKFinder_Path" with your default path value (exampe: "Files:/your/path/:0")

document.cookie=  "CKFinder_Path=" + escape("Files:/your/path/:0") + ";path=/";

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