I have the exact same problem and am looking for the same answer....
At 11:55 PM 9/10/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Mike,
>
>I tried setting the maxFileSize as follows;
>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100K</param-value>
> </init-param>
>
>This throws a MaxLengthExceededException as expected. I would like to catch
>this exception and show a user friendly message on the screen. How can I do
>that? Please help....
>
>
>Here's what I am doing;
>
>1) I unzipped the struts-upload.war file that came with Struts 1.0. (I
>believe you wrote this sample app - thanks!)
>2) In the web.xml I made the changes shown above.
>3) I ran this app in Weblogic 5.1 (sp 9) and Tomcat 3.2.3. In both cases,
>when I submit a file larger than 100K I get
>a MaxLengthExceededException and I get Error 500 - Internal Server Error on
>the screen.
>
>
>Here's my understanding of the problem - Please ignore this if it doesn't
>make sense...
>
>This exception is thrown in the BufferedMultipartInputStream constructor.
>Shouldn't this exception be passed all the way up to the
>ActionServlet.processPopulate()? This method has access to the
>'formInstance' which can be used to notify the user. Does this make sense?
>
>Anyway, any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>- Ajay
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SCHACHTER,MICHAEL (HP-NewJersey,ex2) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:18 AM
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: file upload problems
>
>
>Ricky,
>
>The maximum upload size is represented as an init-param for ActionServlet:
>
>To set it as an init-param in web.xml:
>
><servlet>
> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100K</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
></servlet>
>
>The value of "maxFileSize" can be represented as in bytes by not appending
>any
>characters to the end, kilobytes by appending a "K" at the end, megabytes by
>appending an "M" at the end, and gigabytes by appending a "G" at the end.
>
>Example:
>
>100 bytes:
><servlet>
> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
></servlet>
>
>100 kilobytes:
>
><servlet>
> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100K</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
></servlet>
>
>100 Megabytes:
>
><servlet>
> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100M</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
></servlet>
>
>100 Gigabytes
><servlet>
> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
> <param-value>100G</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
></servlet>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ricky Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:29 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: file upload problems
>
>
>Can you also provide an example of the tag for limiting the size of the
>file uploaded? Or is this not supported? I've dug through some of the
>underlying code and it looks like it is but I don't see anything in the tag
>definition on how to invoke this limitation. Thanks. Ricky Frank
>
>At 12:10 PM 9/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Rightfully Disgruntled File Upload Users,
> >
> >I'll set aside some time next week to address
> >all the file upload issues, I apologize for the
> >long delay.
> >
> >In the interim, please use bug reports
> >(http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/)
> >to report all file upload issues that you
> >come across. Check to see if it's reported,
> >if not, go ahead and do so. This notifies
> >me directly.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Tom Tibbetts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:59 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: file upload mangling files
> >
> >
> >Hi. What's the status on fixing the file upload problem of files getting
> >mangled? I use Struts ver 1.0. Is there a fix available??? Thanks, This
> >is very important to us. Tom Tibbetts
>
>
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