Re: windows file upload = weirdness

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57563
interpreted = N
texte = Taking out the URLs around [fullfilename] will cause problems if by chance the user has an & or = in their path. Out of habit I always URL the delimiters as well, because I sometimes use & and = as delimiters. It won't hurt anything to leave them in. - brian On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:10 AM, Terry Wilson wrote: > For the record, I tried this, but made a few changes. I took out the > [url]s and added a backward slash to the delimiters: > > [Text]fullfilename=[Middle > StartAfter=filename="&endbefore="][name][/Middle][/Text] > [listwords words=[fullfilename]&delimiters=:/\] > [text]rawfilename=[word][/text] > [/listwords] > > It works great to extract just the filename; thanks again. > > But before I tested it out, I fired up Virtual PC to see how it all > worked. I discovered that my original problem was not a problem on my > setup, so it must be on the client's end, in getting stuck at the > upload page. > > Terry > >> Rather than using [listpath ...] I use [listwords ...] to break out >> the file name, like this: >> >> [listwords words=[url][tTemp][/url]&delimiters=[url]:/[/url]] >> [text]tFileName=[word][/text] >> [/listwords] >> >> tFileName now holds just the file name without the path. >> >> - brian >> >> On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:45 AM, Terry Wilson wrote: >> >>> I let people upload files to their sites. The code I wrote has been >>> humming along fine for the few people who use it... and all happen >>> to be Mac users. Now I have a Windows user, and we have a problem. >>> It seems >>> -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.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: windows file upload = weirdness ( Brian Fries 2004)
  2. Re: windows file upload = weirdness ( Terry Wilson 2004)
  3. Re: windows file upload = weirdness ( Brian Fries 2004)
  4. Re: windows file upload = weirdness ( Terry Wilson 2004)
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  7. windows file upload = weirdness ( Terry Wilson 2004)
Taking out the URLs around [fullfilename] will cause problems if by chance the user has an & or = in their path. Out of habit I always URL the delimiters as well, because I sometimes use & and = as delimiters. It won't hurt anything to leave them in. - brian On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:10 AM, Terry Wilson wrote: > For the record, I tried this, but made a few changes. I took out the > [url]s and added a backward slash to the delimiters: > > [text]fullfilename=[Middle > StartAfter=filename="&endbefore="][name][/Middle][/Text] > [listwords words=[fullfilename]&delimiters=:/\] > [text]rawfilename=[word][/text] > [/listwords] > > It works great to extract just the filename; thanks again. > > But before I tested it out, I fired up Virtual PC to see how it all > worked. I discovered that my original problem was not a problem on my > setup, so it must be on the client's end, in getting stuck at the > upload page. > > Terry > >> Rather than using [listpath ...] I use [listwords ...] to break out >> the file name, like this: >> >> [listwords words=[url][tTemp][/url]&delimiters=[url]:/[/url]] >> [text]tFileName=[word][/text] >> [/listwords] >> >> tFileName now holds just the file name without the path. >> >> - brian >> >> On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:45 AM, Terry Wilson wrote: >> >>> I let people upload files to their sites. The code I wrote has been >>> humming along fine for the few people who use it... and all happen >>> to be Mac users. Now I have a Windows user, and we have a problem. >>> It seems >>> -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.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/ Brian Fries

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