I'll be testing file uploads tomorrow in a new admin tool.  I'll report
my findings with Safari vs. Mozilla 1.4 on linux apache2.046/witango5.062

>No I think it is safari also. I've seen this with Filemaker site and next
>previous buttons where you would think the CDL they are using would not
>matter because it is rendered as HTML by the browser but it was broken in
>version 1.0.
>
>Safari has some bugs still with HTML it does not recognize often it just
>chokes other times errors like this.
>
>Dan
>
>on 8/5/03 18:41, Robert Garcia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I just quickly set up an old WebStar 4 install, cause it allows simple
>> uploading, and it works just fine with Safari.
>>
>> Safari may be doing something different than most browsers, but from
>> what I have tested, it is within spec. My file uploads have worked in
>> all places I have tried them with Safari, except my witango apps.
>>
>> If it works everywhere but Witango, I think the onus is on Witango. I
>> am not saying that Witango has a bug, it may or may not, but I think
>> there should be a fix to support upload from Safari, if everyone else
>> does. Apple will not fix an issue that works in other places but not
>> Witango.
>>
>> Let me know if you do not report it to Witango, and I will.
>>
>> Robert.
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 11:21  AM, Steve Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I've tested this problem with a Tango 2000 server running under IIS
>>> and a Witango 5 server running on a Mac under Apache and both give the
>>> same results. Judging by the responses, I'd say that this looks to be
>>> a Safari problem, so I will begin there by submitting a bug report.
>>> The same import file that I'm attempting to upload will work fine
>>> using IE on the same machine.
>>>
>>> Thanks to all who helped,
>>>
>>> Steve Smith
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 01:44 PM, Robert Garcia wrote:
>>>
>>>> A form in a taf or tml or anyfile mapped to witango, is processed by
>>>> witango. I think there is a post from Phil clarifying this issue on a
>>>> thread a while back about file uploads choking iis.
>>>>
>>>> Robert.
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 09:47  AM, Atrix Wolfe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> have you done a view source on file upload forms that work and dont
>>>>> work and
>>>>> compared?
>>>>>
>>>>> have you put a plain html file of a file upload form on your server
>>>>> and had
>>>>> witango serve the exact same thing and confirmed that the plain html
>>>>> works
>>>>> where witango doesnt?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do these i bet you will see its not witango.  I dont believe
>>>>> witango
>>>>> is what deals with the file uploads, but that your web server does
>>>>> so it
>>>>> shouldnt matter if witango served the page or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Robert Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:42 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: OT: File Uploads with Safari
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is definitely Safari, however I used to have problems uploading
>>>>> files to any service, now I only have problems when I upload to
>>>>> witango
>>>>> since I upgraded to Safari 1.0.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since my current experience is that my uploading to web forms with
>>>>> Safari is that it only doesn't work with witango, I would submit it
>>>>> as
>>>>> a bug with Witango so they can investigate it and either report it to
>>>>> apple themselves, or fix the compatibility issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please confirm that you post the bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 08:38  AM, Scott Cadillac wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think someone else might have mentioned a similar problem with
>>>>> Safari
>>>>> before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the upload HTML <FORM> element start something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> <FORM method='POST' enctype="multipart/form-data"
>>>>> action="myupload.taf">
>>>>>
>>>>> The debug information you are showing for the Safari upload looks
>>>>> very
>>>>> unusual. I would hazard a guess that there is something not
>>>>> well-formed
>>>>> about your HTML that Safari is choking on - and as a result is
>>>>> posting
>>>>> gibberish. This is likely more of a browser issue than a Server
>>>>> issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most browsers can compensate for bad HTML coding habits, but maybe
>>>>> Safari is
>>>>> being too strict or can't deal with some particular element or
>>>>> attribute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have the upload form online somewhere that we can look at?
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us know. Cheers....
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott Cadillac,
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>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Steve Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:47 AM
>>>>> To: WiTango List
>>>>> Subject: Witango-Talk: OT: File Uploads with Safari
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an application that allows a user to submit an import file
>>>>> for
>>>>> processing. It has been running without problems under various
>>>>> browsers but
>>>>> recently I tried it with the released version of Safari (1.0 v85).
>>>>> The
>>>>> response I received was a "Could not open the specified file".
>>>>>
>>>>> When I examine the Application File portion of the debug, I see the
>>>>> following:
>>>>>
>>>>> START /adm/importinventory.taf Tango_2000_Server
>>>>> _function=uploadfile&_UserReference=D7FDB24AAE18AE193F2FE23F
>>>>> ------------0xKhTmLbOuNdArY Content-Disposition: form-data;
>>>>> name="SAVEAS"
>>>>> ------------0xKhTmLbOuNdArY Content-Disposition: form-data;
>>>>> name="fupload";
>>>>> filename=�*��P Total Length of Postargs: 4417
>>>>>
>>>>> When I look at the debug from IE (on the Mac) which works properly,
>>>>> I
>>>>> get a
>>>>> slightly different content for the Application File portion of the
>>>>> debug:
>>>>>
>>>>> START /adm/importinventory.taf Tango_2000_Server
>>>>> _function=uploadfile&_UserReference=DC7355EE5B35C6DA3F2FE3D0
>>>>> fupload="241031","1277","1265" "001909","820","809"
>>>>> "94354","198","188"
>>>>> "001666","4056","4046" "24104X",� ��P SAVEAS=3000-inventory
>>>>> export0728.csv
>>>>> Total Length of Postargs: 4523
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm curious if anyone else has experienced problems like this with
>>>>> Safari
>>>>> and if so, how did they resolve them. I've tested this under Witango
>>>>> 5.0.1.062 and I get the same results so I'm pretty sure that this
>>>>> is a
>>>>> Safari thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve Smith
>>>>>
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