Hi, Adam Groszer wrote: > Hello Christian, > > Meanwhile Manfred dropped me an answer: > >> From my perspective there is now way for implementing an compression >> inside the widget because it is built in Flash / Actionscript and for >> security issues, you are not allowed to access the file on the >> filesystem. You only get an FileReferenceObject which you can control >> to post your data to the server. It is the same issue as with >> JavaScript. >> >> So unfortunatly, I believe that your goal can not be reached inside >> Flash - you would need a Java Applet for doing such stuff. > > We are making a document management system, our users usually should > be concerned with .doc, .xls and so on filetypes. They compress well. > Main goal is to reduce waiting time on submitting the form. > First step is to have the uploads compressed, second step is to > transfer only the differences as subversion does it. > > So it won't work with Flash. I already found an open source java > applet which could be extended.
I almost would have expected that your .doc and .xls are compressed already nowadays ... I checked a random .doc file and you're right. It compressed to 25% of it's size, so it actually might be worthwhile to do that. Christian -- gocept gmbh & co. kg - forsterstraße 29 - 06112 halle/saale - germany www.gocept.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - phone +49 345 122 9889 7 - fax +49 345 122 9889 1 - zope and plone consulting and development
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