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

Is the problem state you want to have a user fill out a form, save the
data on the local disk, reboot the computer, come back the next day,
move to another part of the form, and repeat this process, and then
eventually combine all the saved files into one file and upload them as
one XML document?   

-----Original Message-----
From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Kianoush Eshaghi
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:58 AM
To: 'Mark Birbeck'
Cc: www-forms@w3.org
Subject: AW: How can a text file be uploaded by XForms?



> I'm sorry, but I'm still not fully getting it. Do you want there to be

> an area of your form that actually shows the user the text file that 
> they have loaded? Or do you simply want to submit the text file to a 
> server, after the user has edited it?

At first I want to save the XML instances, which has been occured by
user's filling in forms, thus I must use only the method "put" with
action="file:C:/...". If I use the method "multipart-post", then I must
use action="http://...", which can not save any instance into some file.
In extension of my purpose IE should be able to send instances to
server, which will work with them.

> If the latter -- which I think is what you want, but I'm not quite 
> sure -- then Leigh's answer in his previous post is exactly what you 
> need. By specifying a multipart/related post, formsPlayer will store 
> the URI of the document in the instance, rather than the full 
> document.
> Then, when your
> users come to submit, formsPlayer will obtain the document from its 
> location and send it to your server with the rest of your post. Your 
> server will then need to be able to process this.

If it works with "multipart-post" method, which you have described, then
it will be super.

Kianoush

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kianoush Eshaghi [mailto:Kianoush.Eshaghi@metadat.at]
> > Sent: 21 April 2005 18:44
> > 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
> >
> > > Mark Birbeck
> > > CEO
> > > x-port.net Ltd.
> > >
> > > e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net
> > > t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232
> > > w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/
> > > b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/
> > >
> > > Download our XForms processor from http://www.formsPlayer.com/
> > >
> > > > -----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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