AW: How can a text file be uploaded by XForms?

 Hi john,
>
> If upload is allowed to put well-formed XML into a node,
> the next question that arises is whether that content
> should be treated as black-box data or whether it should be
> treated as parseable data that should result in a rebuild
> and an attachment of UI controls and binds and such to
> the uploaded data.

The content of uploaded file should be treated as black-box

> Finally, a different facet of the above issue is to determine
> what happens if the file content is not XML.  What encoding
> should it be interpreted as having?

It should be interpreted as having XML, simply I want to have the text
raw (XML or no XML), which comes from the uploaded file, in my instance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org]On
> Behalf Of Kianoush Eshaghi
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:44 AM
> To: www-forms@w3.org
> Cc: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net
> Subject: WG: How can a text file be uploaded by XForms?
>
>
>
>
> Mark
>
> > Can I just check that I understand the issue? Are you saying
> > that you want
> > to upload the file 'as is'? That is, you don't want to see it
> > to be stored
> > in a binary or hex format?
>
> I want see it in my instance as like as the content of the file, which
> has been uploaded, for example:
>
> I have a file, which contains following text data:
> <xx>
> 	<YY/>
> 	<ZZ/>
> 	...
> 	...
> </xx>
> If I submit the form, I want to have the following instance:
> <request>
> 	<description>
> 		<xx>
> 		<YY/>
> 		<ZZ/>
> 		...
> 		...
> 		</xx>
> 	</description>
> </request>
>
> > By the way, once the data is copied in, are you then going to
> > submit it to a
> > server? Or are you going to do something else. I ask only to try and
> > understand what you are trying to do, in case there is
> > another way round it.
>
> First I want to create respective XML instances, and to save it into
> local file system, how I am going as following
> <xf:submission method="put" action="file:C:/result.xml"/>
> It works well. But If I try to use http in
> action="http://localhost/result.xml" method="put", I will get the HTTP
> Error message that resource(?) isn't permitted(?)
>
> Second I want to send the created XML instance to a particular XML Web
> Services, which is installed on tomcat server. I've tried
> <xf:submission
> method="post" action="http://localhost:8080/CART"/>, but it
> hasn't also
> gone ;-((
>
> > (For example, a quick resolution would be to use an XPath
> > extension function
> > to 'unencode' the base64 data back to text. A bit
> > long-winded, I know, but
> > it may address your issue for now.)
>
> hi, good idea, but I am new by XPath, Could you point me according to?
>
> Kianoush
>
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: www-forms-request@w3.org
> > > [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Kianoush Eshaghi
> > > Sent: 21 April 2005 16:38
> > > To: www-forms@w3.org
> > > Subject: How can a text file be uploaded by XForms?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi everybody!
> > >
> > > I have implemented a form using XForms, whereby I use IE
> > > Plug-In (FormsPlayer 1.3). I want to built some control
> > > element in the form control, which enable to upload some text
> > > file (with extend .txt) into some node of my XML instance.
> > > I've used <xforms:upload/> in my form control, and set the
> > > type of node in instance as type="xsd:base64Binary"
> > > as following:
> > >
> > > <xf:model>
> > > 	<xf:instance>
> > > 		<request>
> > > 			<description/>
> > > 		</request>
> > > 	</xf:instance>
> > > 	<xf:bind id="des" nodeset="/request/description"
> > > type="xsd:base64Binary"/>
> > > </xf:model>
> > >
> > > <xf:upload bind="des">
> > > 	<xf:label>Select the file:</xf:label>
> > > </xf:upload>
> > > <xf:output bind="des"/>
> > >
> > > But I get as xml instance (output control) after uploading of
> > > the text file some other encoded symbols.
> > >
> > > How can I upload the content of the text file without any
> > > encoding at the text into instance? I have tried with
> > > "xsd:string", but the FormsPlayer cries ;-( that the instance
> > > is invalid.
> > >
> > > I appreciate your tips and pointers.
> > >
> > > freundliche Gruesse / best regards
> > > Dipl.-Ing. Kianoush Eshaghi     T +43 1 74040-652
> > > METADAT - The Architect for Knowledge Networks
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