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On Nov 27, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Kevin Reynen <krey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @earnie Please stop telling developers discussing development to use the > support list. This list was started as "a list for Drupal developers".... > > http://web.archive.org/web/20110522011442/http://drupal.org/mailing-lists > > At some point the description of the list was changed to core development. > Since core conversations rarely happen on this list, I'd like to see that > changed back and limit suggestions to use the support list to questions about > using Drupal or a specific module. > > - Kevin > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Aaron Winborn <winb...@advomatic.com> wrote: > You are looking for > http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system!system.api.php/function/hook_file_insert/7 > > > On 11/27/2012 3:38 AM, Peter Droogmans wrote: >> Chris, >> >> >> >> You’ll need something custom, at leeast that’s how I solved it >> >> >> >> I added an extra file field so people could upload the file, using >> hook_node_insert/hook_node_update I intercepted the upload, converted it, >> and store the result in the other file field. >> >> >> >> You could do it using a custom file field widget as well, just extend the >> current one (have a look at the image field widget, it extends the file >> widget) >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> >> >> From: development-boun...@drupal.org [mailto:development-boun...@drupal.org] >> On Behalf Of Chris Miller >> Sent: dinsdag 27 november 2012 1:33 >> To: development@drupal.org; supp...@drupal.org >> Subject: [development] File upload and convert >> >> >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> I have a content type with TWO file fields, in which I will designate TWO >> PDFs. On upload completion I want to run something like: "exec(pdftk f1.pdf >> background f2.pdf output f1.pdf)". This will "brand" f1.pdf. >> >> >> >> I don't see any standard mechanism and so I'm not sure how to go about this. >> I have a general understanding, but that doesn't answer the question. I am >> sure I don't want to intercept all possible uploads; just the uploads from >> this specific content type. So, can I define a file upload hook which is >> scoped to this specific content type? I haven't seen anything that makes me >> believe I can. Can I create a custom file field to use any time I need to >> perform a conversion? Can my custom file field "extend" the existing file >> field, so I don't have to port improvements/bugfixes to my custom file field >> version? >> >> >> >> So many questions... (-: >> >> >> >> Thanks for the help, >> >> >> >> Chris. >> > >
