Thanks for your input Yuiy, let me know if you figgure something out :) A workaround could be to wait for the Event.COMPLETE and then start sending requests to the server asking for the stauts of the file uploaded (using a Timer) - until you get a 'finished' status. It's a bit hacky though.
Bjørn On 12/10/2007, Yuriy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "bjorn > -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > we've created an app which uploads files using FileReference. We use the > > Event.COMPLETE event to send another request to the server to retrieve > > information about the uploaded file (e.g. thumbnail). > > > > This works great on Windows/Mac - however, we have a problem on Linux. > > > > It seems the Event.COMPLETE event is sent before the data returns > from the > > server on the Linux flashplayer (maybe it sends the event when it's > finished > > uploading the data?). Reading the docs the event shouldn't be sent > before a > > HTTP 200 is sent from the server. > > > > Just as a test I tried using > > flash.events.DataEvent.UPLOAD_COMPLETE_DATAinstead, that still worked > > fine on Windows, but it actually crashed Firefox > > on Linux. > > > > Is this a known problem? > > > > Bjørn > > -- > > > > ======================== > > http://www.juicability.com - flex blog > > http://www.43min.com - funny movies > > > I am actually seeing the exact same behavior on Windows XP machine. It > seems like after a certain timeout FileReference is firing > Event.COMPLETE without receiving an actual message from the server. > > I do some heavy stuff on the server side (converting pdf into images). > I have a listener for UPLOAD_COMPLETE_DATA event, which works fine > with smaller files. But when the file gets bigger (1.5 Mb) it takes > about 20 sec to convert, and I see COMPLETE fired instead, after maybe > 15 seconds. I traced communication between the two, and now I am 100% > certain that: > > 1) There was no message from the server, nevertheless flash player > fired the COMPLETE event. > 2) There is a TIMEOUT setting, hidden somewhere deep inside the > FileReference component, which we don't have control over. > 3) Overall networking support in Flex (FP9) is extremely poor. I got > really frustrated after reading the list of limitations in URLRequest > class. > > I am relatively new to Flex, but if this kind of limitations keep > popping up here and there, I may actually drop the entire RIA part of > it. Still looking for a solution to this problem... > > > -- ======================== http://www.juicability.com - flex blog http://www.43min.com - funny movies
