Brian The servlet now compiles but, what I am wondering is where the file be written to? How do I tell the write method not only which file to write but also the location to which it must be written.
Kind Regards Schalk Neethling Volume4.Development.Multimedia.Branding emotionalize.conceptualize.visualize.realize Tel: +27125468436 Fax: +27125468436 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.volume4.co.za :: -----Original Message----- :: From: Brian Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :: Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:02 PM :: To: Jakarta Commons Users List :: Subject: Re: [FileUpload 1.0] Error in compiling to value passed to write() :: :: :: Example: :: File fullFile = new File(item.getName()); :: File savedFile = new :: File(getServletContext().getRealPath("/"),fullFile.getName()); :: item.write(savedFile); :: :: :: :: Brian :: :: At the top of the code I create: :: Public String folder = "folder to which file is to be saved"; :: :: The issue for me is after calling item.get() (item being FileItem) how do I :: pass this file to the write() method to write it to disk. In the past I :: used: :: Item.write(folder + currentFile); where currentFile's value is :: item.getName(); :: :: Kind Regards :: Schalk Neethling :: Volume4.Development.Multimedia.Branding :: emotionalize.conceptualize.visualize.realize :: Tel: +27125468436 :: Fax: +27125468436 :: email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :: web: www.volume4.co.za :: :: :: :: -----Original Message----- :: :: From: Brian Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:21 PM :: :: To: Jakarta Commons Users List :: :: Subject: Re: [FileUpload 1.0] Error in compiling to value passed to :: write() :: :: :: :: Where is "folder" defined and instantated? What type of object is it? :: :: :: :: The API shows that it will except objects of type java.io.File only :: :: :: :: :: :: API for FileItem write method: :: :: :: :: void write(java.io.File file) :: :: A convenience method to write an uploaded item to disk. :: :: :: :: :: :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- :: :: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: :: :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- :: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: :: :: :: :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- :: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
