On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 09:48, zentara wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:38:18 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerry > Creighton) wrote: > > >Hi, > >I have a situation where I want people to upload large files to my > >server after filling out a form with several fields. I have an uploader > >form that works great in processing the form, uploading the file and > >sending me the form results as well as a copy to the person who filled > >out the form. > >What I need is a progress bar so that the visitor isn't looking at a > >page that looks stalled out. I have often had people close the window > >which cancels the upload. > > I waited to see if anyone gave you answer, so I guess I'll give you > the bad news. You can't really do it in a good way. > > The basic problem is that you have to have the server send something > back to the browser, with the upload progress. This will interfere with > the upload, and slow it down.
Well actually, it is possible to put an upload bar on a web page. As you mentioned, you need the server to communicate with the client, or the client to figure out its upload speed, all of which could be done if you created a Java applet to upload. However, creation of such a script is pretty off topic. -Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
