If you know your response is always going to be HTML then you could
use something like this:
$('#uploadForm').ajaxForm({
success: function(data) {
$('#uploadOutput').append( data );
}
});
The "data" argument in the success function is what holds the response.
Karl Rudd
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:11 AM, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok, I am confused. Here is the jQuery script from the Form Plugin:
>
> $('#uploadForm').ajaxForm({
> beforeSubmit: function(a,f,o) {
> o.dataType = $('#uploadResponseType')[0].value;
> $('#uploadOutput').html('Submitting...');
> },
> success: function(data) {
> var $out = $('#uploadOutput');
> $out.html('Form success handler received: <strong>' +
> typeof data + '</strong>');
> if (typeof data == 'object' && data.nodeType)
> data = elementToString(data.documentElement, true);
> else if (typeof data == 'object')
> data = objToString(data);
> $out.append('<div><pre>'+ data +'</pre></div>');
> }
> });
>
> It seems like alot of it is not needed for me. All I want to do is
> return the HTML response. Also, is there a way to grab additional
> HTML out of the iframe after submit?
>
> On May 12, 9:49 pm, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Yeah the iframe is the way to go, that's the way the plugin does it.
>>
>> Karl Rudd
>>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:23 PM, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > I see.
>>
>> > Is there a way that I can still use ajax post, but submit that to an
>> > iframe? Or is the only way to do it is by using a normal form?
>>
>> > On May 12, 8:44 pm, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > You can't actually do file upload via AJAX, it's a security "feature",
>> > > it can be "faked" though.
>>
>> > > Try this plugin:
>> > > http://plugins.jquery.com/project/form
>>
>> > > Karl Rudd
>>
>> > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:38 PM, hubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > > > I have set up a form that uses the $.ajax function using POST. Part
>> > > > of my form is an image upload dialog, using the standard file upload
>> > > > input box. The problem is, the upload is not working, and I think it
>> > > > has to do with the encoding. When I upload it with ajax, it just
>> > > > sends through the path to the file on my local computer. But if I
>> > use
>> > > > normal form POST, without ajax, it will send the image contents
>> > > > through (I can see all the data that was sent, with ajax it is not
>> > > > there.) So, what I need to know is, for something like this, so I
>> > > > need to be encoding that somehow?
>
