Efficy Overflow Q&A - Recent questions tagged file-upload

Send file with AJAX and method POST from a new page with a connected user

Fri, 13 May 2022 14:11:30 +0000

Hi all,

I try to create a new page for a connect user. but I don't know why, I can't send an ajax request with a file parameter.

when I test my code without select a file in my html form and submit, all is good, a log file is created and this console log message : "value : undefined" appear (it's undefined cause I don't give a file)

But when I select a file, I haven't file log created and an empty message in the console.

I don't understand why I couldn't send a file from ajax ?

here my html code :

<%LoadMacros("MacroDesktop")%>
<html>
<head>
    <%UseScript('js/config/require.config.js', fixedpath=T, data-custombase='%%GetCustomBase()', data-dealerbase='%%GetDealerBase()')%>
    <%Macro('RequireConfigDealer', evaluate=T)%>
    <%Macro('RequireConfigCustom', evaluate=T)%>
    <%UseScript('../lib/js/vendor/require.js', fixedpath=T)%>
    <%UseScript("scripts/Base", fixedline=T)%>
    <%UseScript("custom/Custom", fixedline=T, ifexists=T)%>
    <script>
        function Loaded() {
            requirejs(['jquery'], function ($) {
                $('#upload').click(function () {
                    var url = 'dialog?_macrofile=MacroAjax&_macro=RunScript&file=test&func=myTest';
                    var element = document.getElementById("fileupload");
                    var myfiles = element.files;
                    var data = new FormData();
                    var i = 0;
                    for (i = 0; i < myfiles.length; i++) {
                        data.append('file' + i, myfiles[i]);
                    }

                    $.ajax({
                        url: url,
                        type: 'POST',
                        contentType: false,
                        data: data,
                        processData: false,
                        cache: false
                    }).done(function (msg) {
                        console.log(msg);
                        if (msg.match("class=\"efficy-error\"")) {
                            $('body').html(msg);
                        } else {
                            $('form').append("OK");
                        }
                    });
                });
            });
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="Loaded()">
<form enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="file" name="fileupload" id="fileupload" /><br>

    <button type="button" id="upload">Upload</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

and here my serverscript file :

/*
@import ReaderPOST from serverjs/ReaderPOST
*/

function myTest()
{
    strSaveTextFile("C:\\path\\myTest.txt", "", false);
    var value = "\ntest : " + Request.argument('myArg') + "\n";

    value += "utf8Content :\n" + Request.utf8Content + "\n";

    ReaderPOST.init(Request.utf8Content);

    strSaveTextFile("C:\\EfficyWebServer\\myTest.txt", value, true);
    return "value : " + ReaderPOST.getValue("file0");
}

Someone have an idea why my script isn't even executed (no file log => function isn't exectued)

EDIT

I went a little further, and realized that what was causing the problem was the formData. When he is empty (no file selected) the function wanted is called but when he is not, I don't know what happen in the black box but my function isn't called.
Someone know why ? It is an Efficy bug or intentionnal behavior ?

Really thanks in advance for your help !

Customizing the "File import" (and the communication with the sidebarre ?)

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 08:31:53 +0000

Hello Efficy Team,

One of my customer asked me a very good question.
Could it be possible to customize the "Import file" function you can find in the projects ?

What they want is simple : if we select a folder, all files of that folder are added directly in the current project, instead of in a new project, liked to the current project. I couldn't agree more, this makes more sens.

I followed the code in standard, and my conclusion is :

treeImport.js call > fileHelperCmd.js call > fileHelper.js call > sidebar.js

The browser send TREE_IMPORT_PROCESS to the sidebar, but we cannot pass any argument. I supposed that it is hard coded : when a folder is selected, a new project is created.

I would like to avoid making a custom for that. Even if I could get all files from the selected folder and upload them one by one, asynchronously.

Anyway, i did't (yet) reply "yes" to the customer :) I don't think it will be possible, at least not in 11.3.

Did anyone already faced something like that ?

Regards,

Loïc

Error on opening DOCX and XLSX files

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:37:06 +0000

We recently upgraded an on premise customer to Efficy 11.1
After the upgrade the customer has a problem with opening DOCX files from Efficy documents.
Directly after opening the "connection" between the Efficy-document and the file is lost: When the user saves the file, an error pops up: "There was an error uploading the file, do you want to try again ?"

What is special:
This problem only occurs on DOCX and XLSX files. DOC files and XLS files and any other types of files (rtf, txt) works fine.
The problem only occurs on devices of the customer. I cannot reproduce the problem on my own machine.

Customer Environment
Efficy v11.1.13
The customer works on Office 365 ProPlus

How to update the contact profile picture using soap?

Wed, 31 May 2017 15:20:38 +0000

I've got a question about the Efficy Soap Wrapper for .Net. The profile picture of a user has to be updated using the efficy soap wrapper. What is the best way to do this?

Besides that I would like to know how I can retrieve the file format (jpg/png/etc.). Is this information being saved in the database or do we need to retrieve this from the header in the binary data?

import Contact Picture using Efficy's webservice

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:51:00 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I'm working on an .Net application in which I have to import contacts from an ID card reader (BeId) to Efficy and I'm stuck at importing contact's picture.

Is there a specific way of importing contact picture?
Is there a specific format to use?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

KR,

Prince

Export Efficy document to Guest pages

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:08:09 +0000

Hello,

A customer would like export document (.pdf) from Efficy to an Efficy guest page.
This guest page is only available for specific contacts...
Eg. : Meetings Minutes uploaded on an specific guest page and available for specific contacts?

Can we handle specific guest page for specific contact (group in a profile)
Is it possible to export documents to a guest pages

Thx

Upload Document to Efficy from Guest ( in 2014 )

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:01:01 +0000

Hello,

I need to make a guest page that can create a contacte and upload a Curriculum Vitae to Efficy, allong with values for some other custom fields.

I've found the FileUploader and the UploadCv ( used @ Senses ) in the SVN, but what's the best way to do it ? or is there another way to do this in Efficy 2014 ??

If the UploadCv is the best way to go ? How do I change this ? I see there is a .dll file explicitly for this app, but how do we create this? I have no experience what so ever with Visual Studio, but I can always learn :-)

Kind Regards,