Yeah, you're right. I didn't test that before I posted it.
Looks like you can do it as long as your clients are running Windows and you
can use Active X or another Windows trick using something like JScript, but
with pure Javascript it looks bleak.
I tried to use something like this:
img = New
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
var myFile = new File("c:\temp\myfile.txt");
myFile.open("r");
alert('myFile length: ' + myFile.getLength());
Somehow I don't think any browser is going to give JS access to
arbitrary files on the user's system like that.
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Jasper Bryant-Greene
Freelance web develop
I know that part of the POST transaction with the client and web server
involves sending the 'content-length'.. there's no way to tap into that before
the file's uploaded though I guess.
(example of how to manually POST using Python at leastfound here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/
:) U have it. Its perferct. Im gonna check it, but seems to be the solution.
Raditha Dissanayake wrote:
While you are at SF checkout Mega Upload.
Ruben Rubio Rey wrote:
Anyway, if I would use any applet I ll use one of sourceforge.net.
Its free and I can modify source, so I can personaliz
Hi Ruben,
Thursday, October 6, 2005, 7:38:35 AM, you wrote:
> The problem is that I was able to detect file size after complete
> file is transfered.
> I need to detect file size before all file is transfered, in order
> to cancel it and preserve server resources.
> Any ideas?
The only way to
Ruben wrote:
I have been trying _several_ ways to control the size of the files that
can be uploaded in a form.
The problem is that I was able to detect file size after complete file
is transfered.
I need to detect file size before all file is transfered, in order to
cancel it and preserve
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