RE: File Uploads
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Charles, the size limit comes from your browser. Some NT Server IE/Netscape versions push over 200K. Some less than 15k. I have pushed over 1MB of text through forms this way.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 3:31 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk > Subject: RE: File Uploads > > > This is cool, and also sort of what I remember seeing before. I think you > actually posted the original thread too. Thanks. > > Do you know if there is a limit to the size being posted in this manner? > > - ck > > > > >Charles, true HTTP upload is not yet supported. What you have in mind is > >possible through an HTML form. Create a file like this: > > > >===upload.tpl=== > >
Untitled > > > > > > > >[hideif [upload]=t] > >
> >[/hideif] > > > >[showif [upload]=t] > >User typed in: [htmlFile] > >[/showif] > > > > > >===upload.tpl=== > > > >Now you can do a writefile instead of User typed in like this: > > > >[writefile yourpath&file][htmlFile][/writefile] > > > >Whatever the user pasted in will get written to your disk. You > can then come > >up with your own naming convention (date?) and append a database > if needed. > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Aloha, Olin > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 10:16 AM > >> To: WebDNA-Talk > >> Subject: File Uploads > >> > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I know that I have seen this discussed before, but I can't seem to find > >> the reference to it that I thought I saw. > >> > >> I would like to be able to provide a way for a client to create a .html > >> file and send them to the server. > >> > >> Then I want WebCat to know about it and since this is going to be a > >> weekly letter to the public I want it to be indexed into the database > >> so it can be referenced by newest to oldest. > >> > >> Is there a way to do this using WebCat 3.0 and WebStar 2.5? > >> > >> - Charles > >> > >> _______________________________________________________________ > >> Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > >> > >> > >> MacSultants > >> Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > >> > >> Phone# 609-273-3255 > >> Fax# 609-273-3721 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > > > MacSultants > Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > > Phone# 609-273-3255 > Fax# 609-273-3721 > > > >
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Charles, the size limit comes from your browser. Some NT Server IE/Netscape versions push over 200K. Some less than 15k. I have pushed over 1MB of text through forms this way.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 3:31 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk > Subject: RE: File Uploads > > > This is cool, and also sort of what I remember seeing before. I think you > actually posted the original thread too. Thanks. > > Do you know if there is a limit to the size being posted in this manner? > > - ck > > > > >Charles, true HTTP upload is not yet supported. What you have in mind is > >possible through an HTML form. Create a file like this: > > > >===upload.tpl=== > >
Untitled > > > > > > > >[hideif [upload]=t] > >
> >[/hideif] > > > >[showif [upload]=t] > >User typed in: [htmlFile] > >[/showif] > > > > > >===upload.tpl=== > > > >Now you can do a writefile instead of User typed in like this: > > > >[writefile yourpath&file][htmlFile][/writefile] > > > >Whatever the user pasted in will get written to your disk. You > can then come > >up with your own naming convention (date?) and append a database > if needed. > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Aloha, Olin > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 10:16 AM > >> To: WebDNA-Talk > >> Subject: File Uploads > >> > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I know that I have seen this discussed before, but I can't seem to find > >> the reference to it that I thought I saw. > >> > >> I would like to be able to provide a way for a client to create a .html > >> file and send them to the server. > >> > >> Then I want WebCat to know about it and since this is going to be a > >> weekly letter to the public I want it to be indexed into the database > >> so it can be referenced by newest to oldest. > >> > >> Is there a way to do this using WebCat 3.0 and WebStar 2.5? > >> > >> - Charles > >> > >> _______________________________________________________________ > >> Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > >> > >> > >> MacSultants > >> Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > >> > >> Phone# 609-273-3255 > >> Fax# 609-273-3721 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > > > MacSultants > Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > > Phone# 609-273-3255 > Fax# 609-273-3721 > > > >
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