CFFILE Upload question

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Remmuh - 19 Sep 2006 20:40 GMT

I have a question and I believe I know the answer but I want to ping all of you
to see what you say. I am developing an application using Mach-II. I would like
to upload a file. I have no problem seeing the filefield in my listener.
Technically I could just process the cffile action="upload" right there in the
listener, but instead I would like to stick to convention and upload it in my
FileService component instead. Is there a way of passing the form file field to
the service and then processing the upload?

I have a feeling based on the way that CFFILE is built this is not possible.
Please advise. I will be happy to resolve any confusion my message may have.

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hatethisnamegame - 19 Sep 2006 22:47 GMT

Don't know about Mach II but passing to a cfc is as follows:
<cfinvoke component="somecfc" method="fileUpLoad" fileField="nameOfFileInput">

The value passed in the fileField variable is the actual name of the input
type="file"

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Remmuh - 19 Sep 2006 22:49 GMT

I keep getting "backupDoc" does not contain a file, yet when I dump it, it displays the location to the temporary file. Then I have also run a FileExists on it and it does exist.

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Abinidi - 20 Sep 2006 16:22 GMT

Post your code and we can see if we see something

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Remmuh - 20 Sep 2006 16:37 GMT

My question has been answered by Brian Rinaldi over at Remote Synthesis
(http://www.remotesynthesis.com/blog). He wrote an article on how to deal with
uploads via Model-Glue. He was able to clarify his post for me and now I
understand what you have to do.

What it comes down to is that you have to submit the name of the fileField in
a hidden input field (for lack of a better way at this time) and pass that
through your methods rather than the value of your fileField.

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shaunperry - 29 Nov 2006 21:43 GMT

Hi

I m having trouble with a similar project. Could you explain a bit further about the hidden input fields?

regards

shaun

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