Re: PDF Writefile problem

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2005


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texte = Hello All, Resurrecting an old issue here - has anyone found a fix for this? I am experiencing the exact same symptoms - Any other file type uploads fine, except PDF's. A new twist - the same code works ok in my Windows Dev Environment, but fails on my OSX/Apache environment. Thanks, Jason Aus ACS/Digital Jam Webmaster/Database Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Miller" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: Re: PDF Writefile problem > Here is the code I am using to write the files. It works for Word, Excel, > Zip, jpg, gif & text files, but not the PDF's: > > Page1 (Form Fields) > [_document] is only the Name the file is to be written as. > [_doctype] is the Type of document it is (Word, Excel, etc) > [_documentfile] is the file upload field where the user selects the file > they wish to upload. > > > Page2 > [formvariables] > > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"action"[/url]] > [text]action=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_idNumber"[/url]] > [text]_idNumber=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_document"[/url]] > [text]_document=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_doctype"[/url]] > [text]_doctype=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_docid"[/url]] > [text]_docid=[value][/text][/showif] > > [!]||||||||||||||| WRITE FILES FOR DOCS -||||||||||||||| [/!] > > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_documentfile"[/url]] > [hideif [value]=] > [writefile file=docs/[_document].[showif > [_doctype]=JPG]jpg[/showif][showif [_doctype]=GIF]gif[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=PDF]pdf[/showif][showif [_doctype]=TEXT]txt[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=EXCEL]xls[/showif][showif [_doctype]=WORD]doc[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=ZIP]zip[/showif]&secure=F][value][/writefile] > > [text]_documentfile=[_document].[showif > [_doctype]=JPG]jpg[/showif][showif [_doctype]=GIF]gif[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=PDF]pdf[/showif][showif [_doctype]=TEXT]txt[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=EXCEL]xls[/showif][showif [_doctype]=WORD]doc[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=ZIP]zip[/showif][/text] > > [/hideif] > [showif [value]=] > [text]_documentfile=[/text] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > I tried wrapping the [value] with [url][/url], but still nothing. It > writes > absolutely nothing into the docs folder when this is ran for PDF. Any > other > suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > [/formvariables]-----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > John Hill > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:08 PM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: PDF Writefile problem > > > Look in the file - I'll bet you have some square bracket stuff in the file > that webdna is trying to interpret. Make sure you include the pdf as a raw > file with no interpreting. > >>Has anyone had any problems trying to do a [WRITEFILE] with a PDF file. > When >>I try this, the browser "spins" for a moment but no file gets written. I >>have successfully written other file types, but PDF just doesnt want to >>cooperate. I have the PDF stored on my machine and am trying to write it > via >>a file upload on a form. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. >> >> >>Eric Miller >>Web Developer/Programmer >>The GoTricities Network >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- > > --------------------------------- > John A. Hill > Oak Hill Software > Website Development/Consulting > john@oakhillsoftware.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( "Jason Aus" 2005)
  2. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( "Eric Miller" 2005)
  3. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( "Jason Aus" 2005)
  4. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( "Eric Miller" 2005)
  5. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( John Hill 2005)
  6. Re: PDF Writefile problem ( Daryl Mitchell 2005)
  7. PDF Writefile problem ( "Eric Miller" 2005)
  8. PDF writefile problem ( "Eric Miller" 2004)
Hello All, Resurrecting an old issue here - has anyone found a fix for this? I am experiencing the exact same symptoms - Any other file type uploads fine, except PDF's. A new twist - the same code works ok in my Windows Dev Environment, but fails on my OSX/Apache environment. Thanks, Jason Aus ACS/Digital Jam Webmaster/Database Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Miller" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: Re: PDF Writefile problem > Here is the code I am using to write the files. It works for Word, Excel, > Zip, jpg, gif & text files, but not the PDF's: > > Page1 (Form Fields) > [_document] is only the Name the file is to be written as. > [_doctype] is the Type of document it is (Word, Excel, etc) > [_documentfile] is the file upload field where the user selects the file > they wish to upload. > > > Page2 > [formvariables] > > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"action"[/url]] > [text]action=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_idNumber"[/url]] > [text]_idNumber=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_document"[/url]] > [text]_document=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_doctype"[/url]] > [text]_doctype=[value][/text][/showif] > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_docid"[/url]] > [text]_docid=[value][/text][/showif] > > [!]||||||||||||||| WRITE FILES FOR DOCS -||||||||||||||| [/!] > > [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"_documentfile"[/url]] > [hideif [value]=] > [writefile file=docs/[_document].[showif > [_doctype]=JPG]jpg[/showif][showif [_doctype]=GIF]gif[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=PDF]pdf[/showif][showif [_doctype]=TEXT]txt[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=EXCEL]xls[/showif][showif [_doctype]=WORD]doc[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=ZIP]zip[/showif]&secure=F][value][/writefile] > > [text]_documentfile=[_document].[showif > [_doctype]=JPG]jpg[/showif][showif [_doctype]=GIF]gif[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=PDF]pdf[/showif][showif [_doctype]=TEXT]txt[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=EXCEL]xls[/showif][showif [_doctype]=WORD]doc[/showif][showif > [_doctype]=ZIP]zip[/showif][/text] > > [/hideif] > [showif [value]=] > [text]_documentfile=[/text] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > I tried wrapping the [value] with [url][/url], but still nothing. It > writes > absolutely nothing into the docs folder when this is ran for PDF. Any > other > suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > [/formvariables]-----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > John Hill > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:08 PM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: PDF Writefile problem > > > Look in the file - I'll bet you have some square bracket stuff in the file > that webdna is trying to interpret. Make sure you include the pdf as a raw > file with no interpreting. > >>Has anyone had any problems trying to do a [writefile] with a PDF file. > When >>I try this, the browser "spins" for a moment but no file gets written. I >>have successfully written other file types, but PDF just doesnt want to >>cooperate. I have the PDF stored on my machine and am trying to write it > via >>a file upload on a form. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. >> >> >>Eric Miller >>Web Developer/Programmer >>The GoTricities Network >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- > > --------------------------------- > John A. Hill > Oak Hill Software > Website Development/Consulting > john@oakhillsoftware.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Jason Aus"

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