Forms: How to select a file?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Das,

You're welcome!  I don't get a lot of time to answer questions on the list, but every now and then I see something and think "Hey, I just finished doing that myself!", so I post a response.

Regards,
Paul.

> On 26 Apr 2022, at 5:10 am, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Paul,
> 
> When you decide to drop in and answer on the list you are so very helpful. You get right to the thing. 
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Das
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2022, at 2:38 AM, Paul Mulroney via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Das,
>> 
>>> On 24 Apr 2022, at 1:51 am, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> BUT I wish there was a File Picker dialog that I could pop up over the form (good only on desktop/laptop computers).  I haven’t found that yet in the docs for remote forms. I’m glad I found out how to do drag and drop of file system files. 
>>> 
>> 
>> There is such a thing - it's the File Control object in the remote form.  You can trigger an upload by putting code that looks like this in a button:
>> 
>> Calculate irFileData as row(ilMIMEHeaders,'tvFileData')
>> Calculate $cinst.$objs.FileControl.$action as kJSFileActionUpload               ## this triggers the file upload
>> 
>> Look for the File Control object in the online docco - https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/onlinedocs/WebDev/03jscomps.html#uploading-files <https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/onlinedocs/WebDev/03jscomps.html#uploading-files>
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Paul.


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