- From: Victor Engmark <victor.engmark@cern.ch>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:02:22 +0200
- To: Micah Dubinko <micah@dubinko.info>
- CC: www-forms@w3.org
Micah Dubinko wrote:
>
> I have a client requesting a file/directory-picker control. A "browse"
> button, and the resulting filesystem path goes into the instance data.
>
> I know that <upload> has <filename>. Has anyone used this as a
> directory browser? I'm curious about how implementations have handled
> this.
Hello,
I suspect you only want the filename, and not the actual file. I've had
the same problem, and the only solution I found was binding the upload
to a dummy instance which will never be part of any submission. Some
problems I've had with this approach:
* The file /will/ be uploaded (at least when using Chiba)
* This may be implementation dependent, but at least in Chiba the
directory part of the path to the file is /not/ saved
* If the file is empty, the filename will not be saved (dunno if
this is according to the spec)
* Submitting "large" files (the limit is less than 10 MB) with Chiba
cause a Java out of memory error with the default configuration on
a new PC
I really do wish there will be some kind of possibility to include
file/directory paths without the file contents in XForms 1.1...
--
Victor Engmark
"Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditar" - "What is said in latin,
sounds profound"
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