Hi, Frank, Just look at what I sent you yesterday.
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:50:38 -0500, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to see even a trick version. Certainly you would agree that > the standard browser controls don't allow for this... The only > possibility I see is building your own drop-down-type control, but then > you have to deal with the scripting security issues. If you can put > something together, I can render it using my tag and then the example I > posted fulfills what Rocky was looking for. > > Dakota Jack wrote: > > You can do this. There are many ways. They all use subterfuge, > > however, and facades. > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:49:34 -0500, Frank W. Zammetti > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Ah, your right... I misunderstood the OP... I wasn't thinking like a > >>multi-select drop-down. I would agree there is probably no way to do > >>that with standard browser functionality. You'd have to get into > >>applets or ActiveX controls, or something along those lines. > >> > >>But... If you took the form approach like I've shown, there's nothing to > >>stop you from dynamically adding elements to the form as more files are > >>selected. However, they user would have to select a file, click Add (or > >>something like that), then do that again until they were done. If > >>*that* would fulfill the requirements of the OP, I think that could be done. > >> > >>-- > >>Frank W. Zammetti > >>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>Omnytex Technologies > >>http://www.omnytex.com > >> > >>Günther Wieser wrote: > >> > >>>for sure there is no doubt on my side ;-) this is exactly what i meant if > >>>you keep the number of files "constant". > >>>but as the originator of this thread alreay said: he looks for a solution > >>>of > >>>multiple file SELECTION. beside the applet i have no idea how to solve > >>>that.... > >>> > >>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>>Von: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Gesendet: Dienstag, 01. März 2005 00:42 > >>>An: Günther Wieser > >>>Cc: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > >>>Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Multi-select file chooser > >>> > >>>Just in case there was any doubt, here's the form from my web hosts' > >>>file manager I was referring to: > >>> > >>><form action="doupload.html" method=POST ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" > >>>target=infofr> > >>> <input type="file" name="file1"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file2"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file3"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file4"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file5"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file6"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file7"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file8"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file9"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file10"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file11"> > >>> <input type="file" name="file12"> > >>> <br> > >>> Overwrite existing files: > >>> <input type="checkbox" name="overwrite" value="1"> > >>> <br> > >>> <input type="submit" value="Upload"> > >>></form> > >>> > >>>I could think of some better ways to do present the UI, but that's the > >>>basic > >>>idea. Heck, throw that in a .tag file and your all set (in a basic way). > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Frank W. Zammetti > >>>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>>Omnytex Technologies > >>>http://www.omnytex.com > >>> > >>> > >>>Günther Wieser wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>another solution would be to use (signed) java applets, which is (for the > >>>>enduser) the best looking solution, but the effort to do so is REALLY BIG, > >>>>so if you don't get paid like mad forget it.... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>>>Von: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Gesendet: Dienstag, 01. März 2005 00:29 > >>>>An: Struts Users Mailing List > >>>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Betreff: Re: AW: Multi-select file chooser > >>>> > >>>>You can have as many <file> elements in a form as you want, and you can > >>>>process them all at once. My web host (LunarPages) has a decent file > >>>>manager, one of the functions it has is the ability to upload up to 12 > >>> > >>>files > >>> > >>> > >>>>at a time. > >>>> > >>>>I don't know of any single tag to render such a form, but that's really > >>> > >>>what > >>> > >>> > >>>>you need, and it should be trivial to write (although I'd bet it exists > >>>>somewhere). It's the server-side processing that *could* be tricky > >>>>(although I think Commons Upload would deal with it just fine, probably > >>> > >>>give > >>> > >>> > >>>>you a collection or something, I forget what the interface looks like.) > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Frank W. Zammetti > >>>>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>>>Omnytex Technologies > >>>>http://www.omnytex.com > >>>> > >>>>Günther Wieser wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>this is standard browser behaviour, haven't seen any browser who would > >>>>>allow you to select more than one file. > >>>>>reason for that is that your form only includes one form field of type > >>>>>file, so how can the browser add more than one file in a way that your > >>>>>app understands this? > >>>>> > >>>>>the only chance for multiple file selection is to ask the user before > >>>>>generation of the form "how many files do you want to upload", or by > >>>>>adding another file field to the form as soon as the user selects one > >>>>>(using javascript; but this is quite ugly and can make a lot of > >>>>>troubles with different browser or javascript-disabled ones...) or > >>>>>he/she upload a zip file... > >>>>> > >>>>>if there is someone outside who knows a better solution, let us know, > >>>>>this is a very common problem. > >>>>> > >>>>>kr, > >>>>>guenther > >>>>> > >>>>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>>>>Von: Nic Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>Gesendet: Dienstag, 01. März 2005 00:17 > >>>>>An: Struts Users Mailing List > >>>>>Betreff: Re: Multi-select file chooser > >>>>> > >>>>>Wow, what browser is that? Can they hold down CTRL? (assuming Windows) > >>>>> > >>>>>Rakefet Bitton wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Hi, I'm using the "file" tag to select a file from my jsp. The default > >>>>>>browser allows the user to select only 1 file at a time. The user can > >>>>>>not multi select files or a directory. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Does anyone know of a multi-select file and directory chooser? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Thanks very much. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Frank W. 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