sorry!!! typo. "Still no luck with HTTP" should've been "Still no luck with SFTP"
Thanks Avinash Y On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Avinash Narayanan <avinasha...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > Looks like my little problem started quite the discussion!!. > > Ok, need to give a few updates. I managed to upload 1.07 Gb file (windows > image file actually) via fileReference using HTTP. Still no luck with HTTP. > And the data upload is NOT causing any increase in the usage of RAM! (very > strange). > > The reason why I need the air app to upload large files is that we're > creating some sort of sales portal using Adobe Air and the client wants to > be able to upload these really large files which are supposed to make sense > to the client regarding the engagement. I have no clue what this file is > for except that its upwards of 1Gb till 2Gb. > > Hope this helps! > > Thanks > Avinash Y > > > > 2012/3/29 Jarosław Szczepankiewicz <jszczepankiew...@gmail.com> > >> Supporting rest without tunneling through post is not possible due to >> limitations in flash player and due to plugin api limitations. Also full >> rest answers using full http response codes are not possible due to the >> same limitations of browser plugin api :( >> 28-03-2012 22:46 użytkownik "Hugo Matinho" <hugo....@gmail.com> napisał: >> >> > I know this might be the wrong place to ask and there is of course the >> > limitation on how the FP handles the HTTP transport but couldn't we do >> > something about flex supporting REST natively it's been several years >> > already and yes there's blazeDS and GraniteDS and others but most >> > JavaScript libraries support it natively most modern browsers implement >> > it and it wasn't made available on the player because browsers didn't >> > had it back then but come on it's 2012 some rest support would be nice >> > >> > Sent from my Windows Phone >> > From: Ariel Jakobovits >> > Sent: 28-03-2012 21:07 >> > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org >> > Subject: Re: SFTP file transfer for large files using flex >> > > I might be off, but I don't think an ANE is, or would be, part of >> Flex. >> > It is an extension for AIR. >> > >> > Flex has components intended only for AIR (such as FileSystemList), >> > and offering a component that exists as an ANE/AS combo that can be >> > added to a project to upload large files does not seem out of the >> > scope of Flex. >> > >> > Ariel Jakobovits >> > Email: arielj...@yahoo.com >> > Phone: 650-690-2213 >> > Fax: 650-641-0031 >> > Cell: 650-823-8699 >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: JP Bader <j...@zavteq.com> >> > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; Ariel Jakobovits < >> arielj...@yahoo.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:04 PM >> > Subject: Re: SFTP file transfer for large files using flex >> > >> > I might be off, but I don't think an ANE is, or would be, part of >> > Flex. It is an extension for AIR, which is still controlled by Adobe. >> > If we want to see about spawning new threads that could consume a >> > massive dump of data files, process, and pass those into a service >> > (FTP/SFTP/REST/Telnet/etc), that seems like a bit outside of scope of >> > the Flex project, and more in line w/ Tamarin. >> > >> > We are working on the framework, which currently has limitations to >> > the FP and AIR (which are Adobe). Potentially once we have access to >> > Falcon(JS), there might be alternatives, but my question is, what 2GB >> > file are you trying to have FP/AIR upload? There might be some tricks >> > to chunking out the flow of data using byte arrays, and clearing them >> > out as you go along with loading them to whatever repository/location >> > you need, but I can't think of too many desktop applications that will >> > not just freeze up when you load a 2GB (or any major file) into it. >> > For video, that's one thing, but beyond a certain size, and normally >> > the machine itself will slow down/become unresponsive. >> > >> > Most enterprises where I have done work, accessing and uploading >> > massive amounts of data would be FTP via terminals or clients, not >> > through a separate app (especially not AIR). Maybe I'm missing the >> > reason behind wanting FP/AIR to handle that much data, but given the >> > limitations of FP/AIR for processing data, I am not sure how you would >> > approach building that into the framework. I guess examples of >> > BigAssCanvas show that you could stitch together large files (larger >> > than FP would allow), but once you get to a certain size, it becomes >> > unresponsive. >> > >> > If there is a way to do it, I apologize for going off tangent, but we >> > need to focus on getting bugs fixed and improving the framework first, >> > and I'm not sure this is an improvement of the current framework so >> > much as a nice feature request. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Ariel Jakobovits <arielj...@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> > > would we consider developing ANEs to incorporate into Flex? >> > > >> > > Ariel Jakobovits >> > > Email: arielj...@yahoo.com >> > > Phone: 650-690-2213 >> > > Fax: 650-641-0031 >> > > Cell: 650-823-8699 >> > > >> > > >> > > ________________________________ >> > > From: Marcus Fritze <marcus.fri...@googlemail.com> >> > > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org; Marcus Fritze < >> > marcus.fri...@googlemail.com> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:34 AM >> > > Subject: Re: SFTP file transfer for large files using flex >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > as maybe all know Flash supports only a file size of 100MB. >> > > >> > > from the docs: >> > > >> > > FileReference -> upload() >> > > >> > >> Although Flash Player has no restriction on the size of files you can >> > upload or download, the player officially supports uploads or downloads >> of >> > up to 100 MB. >> > > >> > > I experienced that an upload / download of a larger file via Flash >> > (FileReference) is possible. >> > > >> > > I agree with Avinash! I think this is a good place to discuss this >> topic >> > (and not the stack overflow forum). Because this mailing list is the >> place >> > where we can improve the Flex SDK / Flash. >> > > >> > > Correct me if I am wrong, but an upload of large files (2 GB or more) >> is >> > currently not possible in Flash. And maybe we can check if it is >> possible >> > to enable a larger file upload / download via Flex / Flash. This >> feature is >> > very useful for Enterprise RIA's. I have already developed such an app >> and >> > have the same problem. >> > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > >> > > Marcus >> > > >> > > Am 28.03.2012 um 16:55 schrieb Avinash Narayanan: >> > > >> > >> Hi JP, >> > >> >> > >> Thanks for taking time to reply! Stackoverflow had questions like >> this >> > but >> > >> not satisfactory answers. This was my last ditch effort since the >> other >> > >> option is to write my own SFTP plug (which clients wont pay me to do >> > :|). >> > >> >> > >> As for the apps, this upload needs to be 'part' of a desktop >> application >> > >> written in adobe air so can't use any of these other tools :( >> > >> >> > >> Thanks >> > >> Avinash Y >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:54 PM, JP Bader <j...@zavteq.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Hi Avinash, >> > >>> >> > >>> My quick take on this is why you would want to recreate a tool for >> > >>> this? Aren't there plenty of free SFTP apps already? Why not take >> > >>> advantage of one of them? Tortoise, Cute, WinSCP, FileZilla, etc. >> > >>> >> > >>> Also, questions like these might be better asked on other forums >> like >> > >>> stack overflow. This mailing list is for questions and development >> > >>> regarding the next release of Flex. >> > >>> >> > >>> Regards, >> > >>> >> > >>> JP >> > >>> >> > >>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Avinash Narayanan >> > >>> <avinasha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >>>> Hi All, >> > >>>> >> > >>>> I know this community is meant for future development of Apache >> Flex >> > but >> > >>>> I'm a little lost here. I need to upload ~2Gb file from my local >> > machine >> > >>> to >> > >>>> a url via an air app using sftp. problem is we don't have sftp lib >> > >>>> available. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Also, I'm confused as to why in forums it says the flash player >> needs >> > to >> > >>>> take the entire file into memory before loading it but I don't see >> any >> > >>>> memory increase in my task manager (using the fileReference class). >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Another thing I wanted to know is how best to split up the file >> into >> > >>> chunks >> > >>>> for multi-part loading? Any help in any of these areas will be >> > supremely >> > >>>> helpful! >> > >>>> >> > >>>> I've already seen the following links >> > >>>> >> > >>>> http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=181895 >> > >>>> http://forums.adobe.com/thread/631103 >> > >>>> http://blog.ansuz.nl/index.php/2011/02/11/flex-ftp-abort/ >> > >>>> http://maliboo.pl/projects/FlexFTP/ >> > >>>> http://forums.adobe.com/thread/245294 >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >> http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/21/uploading-files-in-flex-using-the-filereference-class/ >> > >>>> >> > >>>> Thanks in Advance. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> With Warm Regards, >> > >>>> Avinash >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> JP Bader >> > >>> Principal >> > >>> Zavteq, Inc. >> > >>> @lordB8r | j...@zavteq.com >> > >>> 608.692.2468 >> > >>> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > JP Bader >> > Principal >> > Zavteq, Inc. >> > @lordB8r | j...@zavteq.com >> > 608.692.2468 >> > >> > >
