jQuery Uploads a file, and then submits the form normally -

i hope can make sense of question.

i using jquery form plugin + validation works great.

but trying accomplish is,

1, upload temp-file manipulating in next step

2, once file has been uploaded, submit form go next step (a new file).

so i'm 100% sure how accomplish that, use code.

$("#fileupload").validate({         submithandler: function(form) {              $(form).ajaxsubmit({                 beforesubmit: function() {                     $('input').attr("disabled", true);                     $("#uploadresponse").show('slow');                     $('#uploadresponse').append("<img src='images/icons/ajax-loader.gif' />");                 },                 success: function(responsetext, statustext, xhr, form) {                     $('input[type=submit]').attr("disabled", false);                     $('input[type=file]').attr("disabled", true);                 },                  error: function (responsetext, statustext, xhr, form) {                     alert("oops... looks there has been problem.");                   }             });         }     }); 

and form

<div id="uploadresponse" style="display: none;"> file uploading, can take few minutes... </div>  <form action='page.importcontacts2.php' name="mergecsv"  id="fileupload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >         file: <input id="getcsv" name="getcsv" class="required" type="file">          delimiter type:          <select id="delimiter" name="delimiter">             <option value="1" selected="selected">comma</option>             <option value="2">tab</option>         </select>          enclosure type:          <select id="enclosure" name="enclosure">             <option value="1" selected="selected">double quotes (")</option>             <option value="2">single quotes (\')</option>         </select>          <button type="submit" name="submitcsv" id="submitcsv" value="submitcsv" class="csvcol3button buttonsmall">upload file</button>  </form> 

simple answer: can't upload files through ajax. you'll have submit form page , go there.

more: technically can, not this. involves creating iframe , submitting files through that. either way, have have post back, can't use xmlhttprequest object.

if quick google search, can find plug-ins you.