Can't Get libURLftpUploadFile to Work

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Mon Sep 26 17:02:14 EDT 2011


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote:

> Hello Roger,
>
> Thanks for the heads up.  You’re suggesting that I do not use
> libURLftpUploadFile.  Fair enough.  I’m used to uploading data using the PUT
> URL form.  Any suggestion as to how I might change the name of the file, on
> its way, or once it reaches the server?  These files will be uploaded by my
> students, and I’d like to impose a consistent naming convention.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gregory
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>
> > Hi Gregory.  This is the form I typically use for FTP uploading:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >  set the itemDel to "/"
> >  answer file "Choose the file"
> >  if it is not empty then
> >     put it into myFile
> >     put item -1 of myFile into tFileName
> >     -- change user:pass below to your credentials on FTP server
> >     put URL ("binfile:" & myFile) into URL ("
> > ftp://user:pass@server.com/path/" & tFileName)
> >  end if
> > end mouseUp
>
>
Whatever you put into tFileName will be the name on the server.  It does not
have to be the same as the source name.

~Roger



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