Upload folder and subfolders containg pdf's to server

[drgarytraub]

I have a folder structure:

Records
|--Person1
--- a.pdf
--- b.pdf
|--Person2
--- c.pdf
etc.

I am trying to figure out code in an a5w page to upload the entire folder structure and the pdf's to the server, maintaining the exact folder structure on the server.

Does anyone know how to do this?

[madtowng]

How about : "c:\data\records\" + userID + "\" + filename

[drgarytraub]

Thanks for responding but please explain. How would that do anything?

[madtowng]

It supplies the location for the uploaded file based on my understanding of the criteria you provided once the \s are handled properly.
The image below shows 2 options, either using \\ or chr(92).

Now that I reread your initial post, is your goal to basically copy the records folder and all it's contents to a different server ?
If that's the goal, I would use Remote Desktop Protocol and copy/paste. There are other methods, but I don't know your situation.


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[WayneH]

Thinking about it, I am sure the server side (xbasic) could be done using one or a combination of file methods.

The JavaScript handoff to xbasic would be where the issue is. Ie storing the folder\subfolder of where each file came from in say an e object for use in xbasic. JavaScript (as far as I know) only provides meta data about the file… name, type and size and does not allow for user privacy and security reasons seeing where it came from.

You can however do large file transfers of lots of files with the drag and drop uploader. I’ve tested it with a silly number of files for fun and not choked it yet. Depending on where you are in my app, I upload the files to different folders on one of my servers. I guess you could use xbasic easy enough to create the folders based on a record you are on as well.. ie employee name.

If this is for admin level purposes and not production use stuff , I would employ a different tool to get the job done. You could still theoretically use the web page to invoke the action on the server if it’s worth it to you. For example, I got tired of making full sql backups to bring live data over to my development server. I use a stored procedure in SQL and call it from a button on a utility web page. It executes the action and then I write the info back to a backups table shown below the button about the backup. Then stored procedure to restore. But again, this is all happening on the server.

orrrr Gregg and I have completely misunderstood what you are trying to do, but at least we’re trying to be helpful :)

Wayne

[drgarytraub]

Thanks to both of you. Here is more detail: I want to create a button, visible to a customer, that one click will copy the entire folder and its subfolders with approx 8 to 12 pdfs in each subfolder to my server. They may need to do this daily or even once or twice in a day. I believe that this can be done via sftp but I am not well versed in its use. I thought about just doing this with dropbox or something similar but I would rather automate the process and make it very simple for the customer to use. Each pdf name is coded to identify the folder that it is in, so it could work to just upload all the files regardless of subfolder and then I can handle moving them to correct subfolders with Xbasic once they are uploaded.

[madtowng]

You can use AA to zip/unzip the folder of pdfs, and use file download to get it to your customer. You should probably just send the files your customer is entitled to unless you know for certain that they will not attempt to look at the other files