Re: Detect file size BEFORE upload it
| From: | Richard Davey | Date: | Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:15:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Detect file size BEFORE upload it | ||
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Hi Ruben,
Thursday, October 6, 2005, 7:38:35 AM, you wrote:
> The problem is that I was able to detect file size after complete
> file is transfered.
> I need to detect file size before all file is transfered, in order
> to cancel it and preserve server resources.
> Any ideas?
The only way to do it would be to write your own client uploading
application in the likes of Java or ActiveX.
Anything client side is always going to fail because it doesn't know
about the size of the file until it has it, by which point it's too
late.
Cheers,
Rich
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