File attachments/uploading

[dmccarthy]

I am creating an IWP application and NEED the ability to attach files. Has anyone come up with a clever workaround? Is there an extension out there? Help, I'm desperate for ideas!

Edited November 6, 2006 by Guest

[petererik]

Hi,

I wish FMP would support document upload but it doesn't, so I built a solution that uses e-mail to upload files. This is how it works:

1. Users send attachments to [email protected]

2. I have a machine running FMP 8.0v3 client with extensions: Dacons Scriptfire and Dacons mail.it3. This is running 24x7x365.

3. Scriptfire runs a script every minute which

a. connects to the database

b. downloads any e-mail and attachments that were sent to [email protected] using mail.it3.

c. creates a new record in the knowledgebase table and saves the attachment in a container.

I am in the process of upgrading the script so that you can replace existing documents by adding the Knowledge Base article in the subject line. If the Knowledge Base article number exists then instead of adding a new record the script would replace the document assigned to that Knowledge Base article ID.

Peter

[tsturgeon2]

Hi,

Any new developments on this one? I too need to be able to upload a file through the IWP web interface and insert it into a container field. Surely we can't be the only ones who need this feature? While I could try and learn Scriptfire, it would be easier to find a plug-in or something.

Thanks,

tsturgeon

[FMWebschool]

In March I wrote an aricle about this. Here is the link to the zip file. I used PHP to upload the file to a server. You would have to use something like Grab-it from there to pull it into a container field.

http://www.fmwebschool.com/resources/upload.zip

I hope this helps.

In Kindness

Stephen Knight