Not exactly true that there is no "hidden" file input field.
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:48:41 -0500, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What isn't exactly true? > > Dakota Jack wrote: > > This is not exactly true. Again, see the code I posted to Frank > > yesterday under the thread Re: Here's a question for yous... > > > > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:50:26 +0100, Günther Wieser > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>i don't want to stop your motiviation here, but a problem might be that > >>there's no "hidden" file input field. and if it's not a file input field > >>it's useless as we need the browser to do all the encoding of the content > >>into multipart/mime etc..... > >> > >>is it possible to add input elements using java in way that they don't get > >>rendered? > >> > >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>Von: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Gesendet: Dienstag, 01. März 2005 00:45 > >>An: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Betreff: Re: AW: Multi-select file chooser > >> > >>Ah, didn't see this until I posted that form code :) > >> > >>This is what I was talking about with the "better ways to present the UI " > >>comment. I would have to test it, but I *think* you should be able to have > >>a single <file> element that is visible, with a number of hidden ones, and > >>for each file you select with the visible one you actually populate a hidden > >>one. Maybe have a listbox that the files get added to, and the user can > >>remove existing items or add new ones, something along those lines (I'm > >>thinking out loud here). > >> > >>There might be some scripting security issues there, I'd have to play a bit, > >>but I suspect it might work. That would give you your single browse and > >>upload button like you want. > >> > >>If this is something that is interesting to enough people, I would mind > >>throwing a real tag together with some options and such, perhaps a couple of > >>different UI presentations, etc. > >> > >>-- > >>Frank W. Zammetti > >>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>Omnytex Technologies > >>http://www.omnytex.com > >> > >>Rakefet Bitton wrote: > >> > >>>Frank W. Zammetti <fzlists <at> omnytex.com> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>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.) > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Yes, you can have as many <file> elements as you want on a form. But > >>>wouldn't you have a "browse" button for each <file> element? What I > >>>was hoping is that when the user selects the "browse" button and the > >>>file chooser comes up, they could select more then 1 file. Do you know > >> > >>how I might do this? > >> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Rocky Bitton > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>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. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
