RE: File Uploads

Greg,

You won't be able to use lazy authoring for xf:upload since the @ref needs
to point to a data type of a URI, or one of the binary encodings. See:

  <http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms/slice8.html#ui-upload>

Regards,

Mark


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-forms-request@w3.org
> [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Greg Latton
> Sent: 04 August 2004 12:10
> To: www-forms@w3.org
> Subject: File Uploads
> 
> 
> 
> Can someone please explain the correct behaviour for XForms
> file uploads? I'm currently trying to compare XForm's "Lazy 
> Authoring" method with HTML forms. After constructing a file 
> upload UI as below, I am having problems dealing with the 
> submission server-side. I'm not sure whether it's because I'm 
> not picking it up, or because the XForms processor
> (formsPlayer) is not sending the file.
> The UI is as below:
> 
> <xf:upload ref="graphic" mediatype="image/*">
> <xf:label>Graphic:</xf:label> <xf:filename ref="@filename" /> 
> <xf:mediatype ref="@content-type" /> </xf:upload>
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Regards,
> Greg
>

Received on Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:10:19 UTC