No, I think I didn't correctly explain the matter; say I have a Thing model with a list of strings in it.
I want the user to be able to: 1. Access the Thing creation form 2. While editing the form loading a file and being presented with the full content 3. Choosing some lines from that content 4. Submit the form So I need to "modify" the view attaching fields which content comes from what the user uploads. 2011/10/20 Venkatraman S <venka...@gmail.com> > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Leonardo Giordani < > giordani.leona...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I'm trying to implement a an application where the user creates a new >> object through a form. Up to here I'm fine. >> >> This time though the object creation involves loading a file and choosing >> some data from it (say choosing some lines, for examples). >> >> So I'm a little stuck here. How can I let the user load the file and show >> the file content in the form itself before submitting? >> >> Or is this behaviour wrong for a Web application? >> > > > Probably, you may want to show the contents of the file after the user > uploads the file? So that the file's copy is present in the server. > If you want to show the preview of the doc in the app, i would suggest > generating a summary or clip a few lines when the model is saved, and store > the summary in a different field, so that you can avoid run-time > computations of the summary when the file is to be accessed. > > Did i get you right? > > -V > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
