RE: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-17 Thread Givler, Eric
, why copy it again, especially if it's big - it just adds another step. -Original Message- From: Dave Newton [mailto:newton.d...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:52 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: get file path from FormFile It hardly seems necessary

RE: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-17 Thread Dave Newton
It hardly seems necessary to make a framework change when you can just write the file. --- On Wed, 12/17/08, Givler, Eric wrote: > From: Givler, Eric > Subject: RE: get file path from FormFile > To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" > Date: Wednesday, December

RE: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-17 Thread Givler, Eric
Would there be an issue with modifying the controller settings and setting the memFileSize artifically low so the file is always written to disk, then gaining access to the filename via reflection? // create in package org.apache.struts.upload public static String getFilePath( FormFile file ) {

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread elyes sallem
ok, for the upload, i saved the file on the server so i create a tmp file in this directory "servlet.getServletContext().getRealPath("/")" is it ok for the place , or i must create temporary file in an other location? if not OK, where do i have to create them? Thanks Regards Elyes 2008/12/16

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik
So... are you: 1) Trying to upload a file to the server? 2) Trying to send a file the browser? 3) Both? If 1) See if http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsFileUpload can help. If your API only accepts a file path, save the file as a temp file locally on the server. If 2) The solution has been provi

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Dave Newton
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, elyes sallem wrote: > to avoid any confusion, Too late! > 1- i have data in a file, so through the formfile, i get > the file path (now i make the test locally, but after it > will be deployed on a server) and i load this data in a > database, depending on the file's meta

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread elyes sallem
to avoid any confusion, all i want to do is that : 1- i have data in a file, so through the formfile, i get the file path (now i make the test locally, but after it will be deployed on a server) and i load this data in a database, depending on the file's meta data, and its content 2- i allow the us

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik
Ah...finally someone cracked the code! Nils-H On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Dave Newton wrote: > --- On Tue, 12/16/08, elyes sallem wrote: >> this library, take as input a file and depending on this >> file's metadata generates tables in a database and make trt >> after this (so as a constrai

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Dave Newton
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, elyes sallem wrote: > this library, take as input a file and depending on this > file's metadata generates tables in a database and make trt > after this (so as a constraint, i can't modify the class in > this jar) So... you're *uploading* a file to the server (from the use

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread elyes sallem
this library, take as input a file and depending on this file's metadata generates tables in a database and make trt after this (so as a constraint, i can't modify the class in this jar) Regards Elyes 2008/12/16 Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik > What library (jar) is this? I assume that you mean tha

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Robert Graf-Waczenski
Looking at your previous posts, i think that you are wasting your time even thinking about using a java applet. Go back a few steps and think again, maybe answering the following simple sequence of questions: 1) Your web application server has access to some data somewhere. The data can be any

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Dave Newton
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, elyes sallem wrote: > after publishing this question, i conclude that it is not > possible de get back the absolute path from FormFile but > the problem is that i import a jar file, in which i call > a method that accept only path of file so what do you propose, > i get the

Re: get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik
What library (jar) is this? I assume that you mean that this library generates the actual file content that you want to send back to the browser? As you suggest, one way is to create a temp file which you read and stream back to the browser. Or you could save the file in a public area where it can