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
ltFileItem ) { DefaultFileItem df = (DefaultFileItem) o; File osFile = df.getStoreLocation(); path = osFile.getPath(); } return path; } -Original Message- From: elyes sallem [mailto:elyes.sal...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:24 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: get

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

get file path from FormFile

2008-12-16 Thread elyes sallem
Hello, 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 inputstream , then i create temporarly a file a