Fetch document size and icon in the TPL

Hi All,

I have a dct where i have browsed to a document and in TPL I want to code in such a way that I should be able to display the size and the icon for the uploaded document in html. For example if the document is a pdf of say 100kb size ,I should be able to see pdf icon and pdf size in my html alongwith the document name.

Please help me out.

Regards,
Vibha

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kaalraa

Have to use some Perl Modules. Search as per your requirement at search.cpan.org

Hi All,

I have a dct where i have browsed to a document and in TPL I want to code in such a way that I should be able to display the size and the icon for the uploaded document in html. For example if the document is a pdf of say 100kb size ,I should be able to see pdf icon and pdf size in my html alongwith the document name.

Please help me out.

Regards,
Vibha

ravio

I have a dct where i have browsed to a document and in TPL I want to code in such a way that I should be able to display the size and the icon for the uploaded document in html. For example if the document is a pdf of say 100kb size ,I should be able to see pdf icon and pdf size in my html alongwith the document name.

Please help me out.

Regards,
Vibha

If whatever you said means: That you have a browser item in your DCT and your user is supposed to select a file by browsing the workarea, then all you need to do is
1. Replace the browser item with a custom cgi-callout
2. which would allow you to do the same thing as browsing for a file in your workarea and selecting its path
3. At the same time you can evaluate the file size and type
4. Once you have done that, you can insert that info into your two readonly DCT fields, one for file size and one for associated image path (for the icon)

kaalraa

I think... she wants the functionality in the tpl file only. Use the Perl modules within the iwperl tags. But yes... defnitely has to go for some reading.

able to display the size and the icon for the uploaded document in html

ravio

Doing it in the PT too is possible and I think it would be an easier solution if you don't have a browse upload type of CGI which you could reuse with some modification

Since there is already the path for the browsed file in the DCR, one can accomplish finding the file size, the file type, and selecting the proper icon image for that type within iw_perl blocks and I don't think there is any need for any addon module.

jmi

If whatever you said means: That you have a browser item in your DCT and your user is supposed to select a file by browsing the workarea, then all you need to do is
1. Replace the browser item with a custom cgi-callout
2. which would allow you to do the same thing as browsing for a file in your workarea and selecting its path
3. At the same time you can evaluate the file size and type
4. Once you have done that, you can insert that info into your two readonly DCT fields, one for file size and one for associated image path (for the icon)

Is there a sample code snippet that illustrates this hand-on ? This would really help to see how a simple example works