Re: inputFileUpload issue when file does not exists

[Tinu V Thomas <ti...@gmail.com>]

Hi jorge,

Have you implemented the solution? 

thanks,
Tinu


jorge08 wrote:
> 
> Maybe it is a "feature" of IE, haha. Thanks a lot Martin, I will
> definitely implement it as suggested.
> Jorge
> 
> 
> Martin Marinschek wrote:
>> 
>> Hi jorge,
>> 
>> the HTML file-upload behaviour in IE is severely flawed. What you
>> could do is what Gmail is doing: just not display the file-entry-field
>> at all, display a link which allows the user to choose the file,
>> internally connect the link with the hidden file-input field via
>> JavaScript, then the interaction becomes a lot better...
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:08 PM, jorge08 <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Actually, the behavior is different when I use FireFox. Silly me, I've
>>> only
>>>  been using IE to trace this issue. When I use FireFox and have an
>>> invalid
>>>  path or file name, the inputFileUpload field is bank out then I get
>>> "This
>>>  field is required" error since I require that field. Which is a much
>>> better
>>>  behavior that what I get using IE.
>>>  I did install the Live HTTP headers module in FireFox and I can see
>>> that the
>>>  filename field is indeed clear out before it is sent to the server. Is
>>> there
>>>  anything I can do for the IE users about this issue?
>>>  thanks,
>>>  Jorge
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  simon.kitching@chello.at wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 12:01 -0700, jorge08 wrote:
>>>  >> Yes, but the problem is that my uploadAction method in my backing
>>> bean
>>>  >> does
>>>  >> NOT get executed when the file name is invalid or the file does not
>>>  >> exist.
>>>  >> Nothing happens when I click on the command button.
>>>  >
>>>  > Does the browser actually send anything back to the server in that
>>> case?
>>>  > If not, then there is nothing that can be done about that on the
>>> server
>>>  > end...
>>>  >
>>>  > For firefox, you can check this by installing the excellent
>>>  > "live-headers" addon, and seeing what data (if any) the browser sends
>>> to
>>>  > the server. Tracking that info down for other browser types is a
>>> little
>>>  > more difficult..
>>>  >
>>>  > Regards,
>>>  > Simon
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>
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