Jquery: multiple file upload + jquery form + input hint

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Hi,

I am using 3 different types of plugin to validate a form, such as below,
http://lauthiamkok.net/tmp/jquery/multifiles/form.php

below is the source of these plugins,

http://malsup.com/jquery/form/
http://onehackoranother.com/projects/jquery/jquery-grab-bag/input-hint.html

in using ‘multiple-file-upload’, you can use the maxlength property if you want to limit the number of files selected,

<form action="process.php" method="post" id="my-form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
		<p>E-mail<br />
		<input type="text" name="email" id="email" title="email"/></p>
		<p>File<br />
		<input type="file" name="upload[]" id="upload" class="multi" accept="gif|jpg" maxlength="2"/></p>
		<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
	</form>

it works fine until i have installed the other two plugins - jquery form and input hint.

now, whenever after I hit the submit button, the browse button appears to be able for selecting as many files as you wish even though I have limited the number in the file input field - maxlength=“2”.

first I found out that it was caused by the jquery form plugin, so then i tried to use if condition to disable the browse input button, but it still wont work,

if($('input[type=file]').length >= 3)
					{
						alert('hide me!');
						//$('input:file').MultiFile('reset');
						$('input[title]').inputHint();
						$('input[type=file]').attr('disabled', 'disabled');	
					}

and I have found that it is actually the input hint causing that!

any ideas how to fix this??

the entire code is this,

$(document).ready(function() {

		$('input[title]').inputHint();
		$('#my-form').submit(function() { 
			$(this).ajaxSubmit({ 
				target: '#output',
			
				// dataType:  'xml', 
				// success identifies the function to invoke when the server response 
				// has been received 
				success: function() { 
					
					alert($('input[type=file]').length);
					if($('input[type=file]').length >= 3)
					{
						alert('hide me!');
						//$('input:file').MultiFile('reset');
						$('input[title]').inputHint();
						$('input[type=file]').attr('disabled', 'disabled');	
					}
				} 
			}); 
			return false;
				
		}); 

	});

many thanks,
Lau