You are correct, yes. So it's impossible to do what I want to do? I cannot
fake a form to do this itself via a servlet, but only with an application on
the user's machine? What is special about the multipart form in my jsp page
that uploads the file, that I couldn't do the same thing in a servlet form? I
guess I still have to "select" a file? There is no way to fake data into the
form? I know there is the hidden fields, but I don't think that will work.
I am trying to do this all via the web to make things easier and not have 2
separate applications in place.
The form obviously has access to the user's machine, so I don't know why we
couldn't have that same access, some way?
> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:57:55 -0400
> Subject: Re: [fileupload] - Question about uploading additional files other
> than the ones in the form?
> From: thad.humphr...@gmail.com
> To: user@commons.apache.org
>
> FileUpload is pretty straight forward and the examples are clear. However
> it sound to me like you are describing a scenario like this:
>
> On Machine A, files foo, bar, baz, etc. and file FilesList.txt with the
> full paths for those files.
>
> On Server B: A web app with a form and your servlet.
>
> User at Machine A loads the form from Server B, chooses FilesList.txt and
> submits the form back to Server B, uploading FilesList.txt. Your servlet
> reads the paths in FilesList.txt and requests that Machine A send it each
> file listed.
>
> Is that correct? In any case, this scenario won't work without a program on
> Machine A that could accept a request from Server B for those files (maybe
> a webapp and servlet running on Machine A). But Server B cannot simply tell
> the browser "send me the following files". You cannot even
> pre-populate the <input
> type="file"... element with path strings from FilesList.txt in any form you
> send back.
>
> The user on Machine A is going to have to send each file separately, or zip
> them up and send them.
>
> My apologies if I got this scenario wrong.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Konrad Zuse <thekonradz...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am basically uploading a file to my server, but within that file
> > contains path information to images that also need to be uploaded. I am
> > looking to read the file mid stream and get the data for the images to
> > upload. It seems I am able to do this, but if this is not possible will I
> > be able save the file, read it, and then be able to get these images?
> >
> > I am curious about how I will go about grabbing the additional files? I
> > see that streaming works with InputStream from JavaIO as well as something
> > from CommonsIO, so I figured I could configure something to work with the
> > fileupload stream.
> >
> > I also thought that I could possibly try to create a form through my
> > servlet and pass the data through that, but I figured this would be the
> > less favorable approach.
> >
> > If anyone has any advice or thoughts I would appreciate it... Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
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> are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher
> Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v. 121-24)
