Upload image

I do not want to reinvent the wheel, that's why I am asking first.

Did anybody write a cgi script to upload files to TeamSite?

Here is what I am trying to do.

We have to specify the image in our DCT, and I want to put a cgi-callout button, right next to Browse button with the functionality of uploading the image, and populating the textfield with the image location.

It is a paing in the neck for the users to upload images separately, and it would simplify things a lot, if it is possible to upload image, during DCT creation.

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Gregg Faus

Check out this thread. You may want to choose a different way of uploading the file, I'm not sure what your comfort level is with Java and the necessary configuration. The java config would be easier if you ran TS 6.x and could put the servlet in the customer directory.

Valentine

Thanks.

I still think its an overkill, and I guess I am going to implement this in Perl. Using JSP Smart Upload design as the base.

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nipper

We use here a java callout from the DCT that will browse to the desktop and copy the file to /tmp

ON the save event we kick off a perl script that moves the file from /tmp to /iwmnt/....

Is that what you are looking for ? What parts do you need help with ?

Andy

Gregg Faus

Right. Using Java is a bit of an overkill but I decided I didn't want to write an entire upload component and liked the functionality of this component. You should be able to find some code on DevNet or elsewhere for a perl upload. It is rather easy to do.

Lex

I have a small CGI that displays a local file browser and then uploads the file to a pre-defined TeamSite directory. I'd be happy to post the code if you're still looking for a lightweight implementation.

Darryl Luther
darryl.luther@weyerhaeuser.com
Senior Web Analyst
Weyerhaeuser

Adam Stoller

Why not post it as a contributed article/code?

--fish
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Valentine

That'd be nice.

I've started writing it, but got busy with other things.

Gregg Faus

I also planned to contribute a different version of a Java based upload in TS 6.x. This would use the customer toolkit which would make configuration of the upload servet a lot easier. I started to write this but then noticed the free upload component I wanted to use (JspUpload) was no longer available so I scratched this effort.

lhdavis

I'd be interested in this code as well but agree with ghoti you should post it as an article (try and win the iPod away from those WorkSite people)

Luke Davis
Open Technology Group, Inc.
luke.davis@med.va.gov

Lex

OK, I've submitted my code for review. If it ends up making DevNet I'll let you know. If it doesn't, I guess I'll post it here. Smiley Happy

Darryl Luther
darryl.luther@weyerhaeuser.com
Senior Web Analyst
Weyerhaeuser

Migrateduser

I've got Darryl's submission. Please note it is very rare that we would reject a code submission, unless it recommended a methodology that was dangerous.

Submissions generally take less than one week to be reviewed.
Regards,

lissa

Migrateduser

The DevNet article is now available here:
http://devnet.interwoven.com/site.fcgi/techlib/52656.
Regards,

lissa

Lex

Hey, folks. I had a snippit of DCT stuff in the article, but at the moment it's not rendering properly. So...until we can get that figured out, here is the relevant portion of the DCT associated with that article (though I suspect most everyone is familiar with a cgi-callout element already):



<container name="supportFiles" combination="and">
  <label>Uploaded Files</label>
  <item name="uploadedFiles">
    <description> Uploaded files will be stored in /mediagateway/news/files</description>
    <label>File</label>
    <replicant min="0" max="5" default="0">
      <item name="uploadFile">
        <description> Uploaded files will be stored in /mediagateway/news/files</description>
        <label>File name:</label>
        <text size="30">
          <cgi-callout 
            url="/iw-bin/promptFileUpload.ipl" 
            label="Upload" 
            window-features="width=320, height=200, resizable=yes, toolbar=no, scrollbars=yes"/>
        </text>
      </item>
    </replicant>
  </item>
</container>

Darryl Luther
darryl.luther@weyerhaeuser.com
Senior Web Analyst
Weyerhaeuser

Edited by Lex on 06/30/04 01:22 PM (server time).

nipper

Well I have to think this disqualifies Lex from the iPod drawing. Judges ?

Andy

Gregg Faus

Lex gets disqualified for posting his code with any wrapping Smiley Happy

We all don't have our res. set at 1600x1200.

Seriously, it was a good post. I'd probably make the upload path configurable though by passing a parameter with your url (e.g. url="/iw-bin/promptFileUpload.ipl?upload_directory=/mediagateway/news/files/).

Make that FR #1 and let me know when engineering releases a build.

Lex

Ahaha! I was wondering who messed up the view on this thread! Smiley Happy

OK, it's edited. BTW, it's my only DevNet contribution so I'm not eligible for the drawing. I wouldn't want to reduce Smitty's odds for the win anyway. Smiley Tongue

Darryl Luther
darryl.luther@weyerhaeuser.com
Senior Web Analyst
Weyerhaeuser

lhdavis

Hey you still have time today to submit two more articles for the June drawing...don't give up now Smiley Happy

Luke Davis
Open Technology Group, Inc.
luke.davis@med.va.gov

Migrateduser

The embedded HTML in this article has been corrected. Thank you for your patience. And it's not too late to qualify for the iPod as Luke says !

lissa