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! > > > > > > > > > -- > "Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we > are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher > Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v. 121-24)