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~Lily Kihipisonetsi

Jul 22, 2011, 7:27 AM

261 Posts

Re: File Upload Control - Replace uploaded file instead of appending it

Category: Other
Platform: Windows
Release: 8.5.2
Role: Developer
Tags: File Upload Control
Replies: 2

Daniel,

The way I solved this is by adding some code to the querySaveDocument event that checks if a new file was uploaded to a specific RichText Item and removes the existing one if needed.

Mark

Sample SSJS code in the querySaveDocument event :

//check if a new file was uploaded and if one already existed (and replace the existing one)
var RTITEM = "logo";
var strExistingFileName = null;
var newFileUploaded = false;

var attachments = currentDocument.getAttachmentList(RTITEM);
var it = attachments.iterator();

while( it.hasNext() ) {
var att = it.next();

if (att.getState().equals(com.ibm.xsp.model.domino.wrapped.DominoDocument$AttachmentValueHolder.STATE_ADDED) ) {
newFileUploaded = true;
} else if (att.getState().equals(com.ibm.xsp.model.domino.wrapped.DominoDocument$AttachmentValueHolder.STATE_INDOCUMENT) ) {
strExistingFileName = att.getName();
}

}

if (newFileUploaded && strExistingFileName != null) {
var att = currentDocument.getDocument().getAttachment(strFileToRemove);
att.remove();
}

~Bella Bublulygon

Jul 25, 2011, 9:44 PM

7 Posts

Re: File Upload Control - Replace uploaded file instead of appending it

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your response. I finally did something similar removing the existing attachments before adding the new one by putting some code in the onClick event of the File Upload control.

Daniel,