Re: File Attachment Utility

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you open to using an Adobe Flash/Flex plugin on the client?  I
haven't done this but it shouldn't be too hard to have an RPG-CGI app
that receives in uploaded files from the Flash/Flex component.

Here are some examples:
http://weblog.cahlan.com/files/FileUpload/FileUploadApp.html
http://www.tink.ws/blog/files/flash8/FileReferenceExample.html

HTH,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>  I could use some advise on a File Attachment Utility.  I'm just now
>  working on it.  A couple screen shots are at the following link:
>
>  http://www.radile.com/rdweb/apps/ptl/xat160/attach.html
>
>  The idea is to place an "Attach" tab on any standard maintenance screen
>  to attach files to any other entity.  The screen shots show a Person
>  maintenance screen, but the idea is to be able to attach files to
>  anything I may have in my database.  In a project maintenance screen,
>  you might attach various documents to a project record.
>
>  A utility, in other words.  In "view" mode you can browse and open
>  attachments.  In "add" mode you can browse the network to upload and
>  attach files to things.
>
>  This utility is working except for the most important part; uploading
>  and storing files in the IFS.  That's where I could use some advise.
>
>  I've downloaded the FUPLOAD utility from www.easy400.net and looked at
>  the RPG source code.  FUPLOAD has it's own user interface, so it would
>  take some work to make it interact with my utility.  Nevertheless I
>  appreciate Giovanni Perotti for his open-source work.  Before I charge
>  forward with that, are there any other suggestions?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Nathan.