Wang Ning wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
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>> Hi Wang,
>>
>>
>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>> I'm looking forward testing your work !
>>
>>
>>
>>> Now the plugin can work. However it's a little complicate. If you want to
>>> convert a office document
>>> 1. you first upload the document
>>> 2. copy the attachment name(because the name of document change after
>>> upload)
>>> 3. edit the page and add the velocity code to use the importer plugin
>>> 4. save and view.
>>> I think it should be more simple.
>>>
>> So do I :-)
>>
>> There is 2 ways we can go about doing this : the page action way and the
>> application way.
>>
>> 1. Page action : we add an "import" action in the menu at the top of the
>> page (and maybe in the WYSIWYG editor as well). When clicking on the
>> button,
>> the user is prompted to choose a compatible file on his machine, then he
>> clicks on "import" (with an interface similar to the one used for
>> uploading
>> attachments). The .../bin/import/Main/... is called, and the content from
>> the file appended at the bottom of the existing page, with a #info('')
>> macro
>> at the top saying something like "The following content has been imported
>> to
>> the page :"
>>
>
> This action way is easy to implement as I can get whatever I want to use by
> using java. But as you said, change the xwiki-core is not a good idea.
> However, I can get the byte[] data of the source office doument without
> using attachment.
>
>
>> 2. Application : we create an OfficeImport application with the following
>> components : a homepage where the user is prompted to import one or
>> multiple
>> documents. The documents are then imported, each creting its own wiki
>> page.
>> Once the importation is complete, the user is prompted to move the
>> documents
>> to their new locations (using the Rename or the copy feature to implement
>> this)
>>
>
> The application way is good and decouple. However there are some problem
> too. I want to get the name of the attachment after upload the office
> document as the name of the document changed by the xwiki.clearName().
> But the util.clearName() don't provide the same result. Do I need to add
> another clearName model in api util? Alternately, I just provide a select
> type input in the importer page which contain all the attachments in the
> page for use to select the source attachments.
>
I don't think you need to go through the save as attachment at all..
You can use the FileUpload plugin...
http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/xwiki-platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/plugin/fileupload/FileUploadPluginApi.java
which allows to retrive a file upload element withough saving it as an
attachment..
You retrieve it as a byte[]
Ludovic
>
>> The benefits of going the page way is that it's probably more intuitive for
>> users. However it means adding core changes = less flexibility in the long
>> run. And the action bar already has a lot of items ;-)
>>
>> OTOH going the application way woud make the application easier to setup
>> (plugin + XAR), store all the pages in a dedicated place and make it
>> possible to import many documents at once and sort things out at a later
>> stage. However it makes it a bit longer to import a file to a given page
>> and
>> might be less intuitive...
>>
>> WDYT ?
>>
>> Guillaume
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