NativeElement Undefined

[Adnan Salahuddin]

Hi,

<input pInputText #fileInputCarAccident type="file" accept=".docx,image/*"  />

@ViewChild('fileInputCarAccident') fileInputCarAccident: ElementRef;

let fica: HTMLInputElement = this.fileInputCarAccident.nativeElement;

After submit button, I am getting error message and it says:
Cannot read property 'nativeElement' of undefined

If Input file is empty.

how to fix it?
I am waiting for your response.
Thanks in Advance

[Sander Elias]

Hi Adnan,

I’m missing some context here, So I’m guessing here that your fileInputCarAccident is inside a structural directive (*ngIf, *ngFor). That means it is not visible to the component when it’s getting initialized.
Is that the case?

Regards
Sander

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