Thanks, Thomas. I am going to ditch the third-party library in favor of the GWT FileUpload and set its "multiple" attribute so user's can upload multiple files. Seems like it will be much cleaner this way anyway.
On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:31:44 PM UTC-4, Thomas Broyer wrote: > > I think a best practice nowadays would be to use an <input type=file> > (which you can hide and "trigger" with .click() when clicking on, say, a > button; this is only "cosmetic" though) and XMLHttpRequest advanced > features (sending a File object, or possibly a FormData if that's what your > server expects; using progress events to track upload). > That requires using JSNI or JsInterop in GWT though. > (note: we've actually been using this for 6 years or so, on an intranet > app targeting Firefox ESR; but browser support is much broader nowadays: > http://caniuse.com/#feat=xhr2 ) > > On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 4:25:40 PM UTC+2, Matthew McLarty wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I currently have a project that's using the gwtupload >> <https://github.com/manolo/gwtupload> component. I'm fairly happy with >> it except that it does not provide a way to remove a file once it has been >> uploaded when using its MultiUploader >> <https://github.com/manolo/gwtupload/blob/master/core/src/main/java/gwtupload/client/MultiUploader.java>. >> >> It only provides a mechanism to remove a file when you use its >> SingleUploader >> <https://github.com/manolo/gwtupload/blob/master/core/src/main/java/gwtupload/client/SingleUploader.java>. >> >> >> >> I've posted to the Google group requesting support >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gwtupload/McJb5o6Ctcs> but it >> appears the project is no longer being supported. >> >> Because the project appears to be dead, I'm asking here for advice on >> what the current best practice is for handling uploads of multiple files in >> GWT. It seems like using GWT's FileUpload and setting the element's >> "multiple" property is the better way to go. Any advice would be greatly >> appreciated. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
