Sohaila Roberts wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to go about creating a servlet that
> uploads a file whose filename has been gotten by an applet, which then
> connects to the servlet. I've looked through the archive's multple pages
> of file upload questions and i'm still confused. I've even gone through
> the MultipartRequest example in the java servlet book by oreilly..
>
> I just want the user to click a button, enter/select the filename, applet
> connects to servlet, applet sends filename to servlet, servlet uploads
> file and stores it as a 'File', servlet connects to database and chucks it
> in there. I've got everything thing working except the 'servlet uploads
> file and stores it as a File'.
>
> Any suggestions as to whether i can do this, and if I can how do I do it?
>
> After I figure out how/if this is possible I'm then going to have to
> figure out the reverse (user tells applet they want to down load
> file, enters filename, applet sends file name to servlet, servlet
> tells database to chuck out file to servlet, servlet downloads file to
> user)
>
> Thanks in advance :)
>
> Sohaila
> [...]
good reference email for you :-)
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You'll need to package your data in a MIME message. There may be something
in the O'Reilly package for that; if not, you can use JavaMail, available
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Look specifically at the javax.mail.internet package, and all the Mime*
classes.
-- Bill K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bo Xu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Posting "multipart/form-data"
... I can use multipart/form-data with Jason Hunter's API
> com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest, in the client I use a HTML Form
> from his book...
> now I want to upload a file to MyServlet from a Java Application(or
> a Java Applet), I guess I need to use (Http)URLConnection,
> but I don't know how to use it...
> Bo
> may.11, 2001
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