> > Because it is a much better user experience to show an error message right > away rather than letting the user wait for a long time and then telling him > the upload has failed.
Agree, its a valid and reasonable use case, just a bit difficult to solve. --Sri On 11 May 2010 18:34, Frank Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > Because it is a much better user experience to show an error message right > away rather than letting the user wait for a long time and then telling him > the upload has failed. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 13:52, Sripathi Krishnan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> You can't, and you don't want to. >> >> You can't, because javascript doesn't provide any way to read the contents >> of a file that is stored locally. You can't read the http header info when >> the browser submits a multi-part post request. There just isn't a way to do >> it (unless you are willing to write some Flex code to compile a SWF file for >> Flash Player 10).. >> >> You don't want to, because client side validation is no validation. It can >> easily be bypassed. You'd have to perform the check on the server anyways, >> so why bother with client side validation at all? >> >> --Sri >> >> >> >> On 11 May 2010 16:48, GWT Groups <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Friends >>> >>> I required your views...... >>> >>> " Can we check uploaded file Size at client side in GWT by Reading the >>> "header info" of the file? " >>> >>> Please if this is possible than please tell me how to do this. I have >>> done lot of search on this but not get any thing till now. >>> >>> Please Help me..... >>> I am waiting for you response >>> >>> >>> your Friend >>> Ankit >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
