+1 To Barney. I've used a flash multi uploader and it works like a dream: http://swfupload.org/
Dominic 2009/9/12 Barney Boisvert <bboisv...@gmail.com> > > You can't send anything back to the user until all the photos are > uploaded, but once that's done, you can just leave them on disk, > record the fact that they're there in session scope, and return a > response after kicking off a background thread to process the images. > That background thread should update the same session scope data > structures, which you can interrogate via Ajax requests to update the > user on progress. > > If you need status updates while the actual upload is happening, > you'll have to use a Flash uploader or something > > cheers, > barneyb > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Rick Faircloth<r...@whitestonemedia.com> > wrote: > > > > What I'd like to do concerns uploading and processing images which > sometimes > > takes > > > > awhile and leaves the user wondering what's happening while they're > waiting. > > > > > > > > If the user is uploading, say 10 photos, and all the photos have to be > > resized into two different > > > > images, renamed, saved, etc., the process can take some time. > > > > > > > > I was wondering if I could set up a method of process 1 images, then > return > > the name of the > > > > image to the user via ajax, with a message such as "Image house1.jpg > > processed.", then when > > > > image two has been uploaded and processed, "Image house2.jpg processed", > > etc. until all > > > > images have been processed. > > > > > > > > This would keep the user informed of the progress and keep them from > > worrying that the > > > > process was hanging up. > > > > > > > > So, the question is, can messages (via cfreturn) be sent back to the > client > > multiple times > > > > from a method? Or perhaps there's a different way to achieve this? > > > > > > > > Any suggestions or ideas? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------- > > > > "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." > - > > Thomas Jefferson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
