"tshad" <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
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> "tshad" <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
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>> "Peter Rilling" <peter@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
>> news:uOBgKXWxFHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Well, you cannot check the size because your code does not get invoked
>>> until the entire file is downloaded. You can increase the max size by
>>> changing the maxRequestLength attribute in the machine.config.
>>>
>>> One thing I have never done, but you can try, is to see if the error
>>> event in the global.asax can trap that error.[/color][/color][/color]
I tried that and it works.
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>>
>> I'll try that, but I know that there is nowhere (that I can find) to
>> surround some code with a try/catch block to catch the error.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, the error seems to be coming from somewhere else
>> than the normal error page you get.
>>
>> Normally, if I have my trace on, I can still the traces below with my
>> objects and trace statements. Not so with this error page. You get the
>> error page only and non of your trace statements, so you can't even tell
>> how far you've gotten.
>>
>> This can be a real problem if the downloading of the file is done while
>> the other code is being processed.
>>
>> My question would be, does it happen before the Page_Load function?
>>
>> If not, you could be in the middle of processing your page and you get
>> this random error page that stops the processing. The problem is you
>> don't know where you got to.[/color]
>
> Another problem here is that I would want to capture the error so that I
> can put a message on the screen telling the user that his file was too
> big. This would allow him to upload a different file, without losing all
> the input he has already put in. If I go to an error page, all that data
> is lost.[/color]
This one is a real problem
The problem is that the user may not realize that the field has been cleared
out after he gets a validation error on one of the other fields and then
think that the file was upload, when in fact it wasn't.
Tom[color=blue]
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> Tom[color=green]
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "tshad" <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OZ8O1TVxFHA.1284@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Peter Rilling" <peter@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23nft5uUxFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I don't think the browser will let you set the value for that field.
>>>>>What you might want to do is to cache the file during the first submit.
>>>>>Keep in mind that the file is always uploaded, even if validation
>>>>>fails, so it might improve response time after the first failure if the
>>>>>user does not have to upload the file again.
>>>>
>>>> That may answer another question that has been driving me crazy today.
>>>>
>>>> I need to check to see if the file size is too large.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is I can't seem to stop it from trying to load the file and
>>>> then giving me an error page
>>>>
>>>> ************************************************** *********************************
>>>> Maximum request length exceeded.
>>>> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
>>>> the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
>>>> information about the error and where it originated in the code.
>>>>
>>>> Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Maximum request length
>>>> exceeded.
>>>>
>>>> Source Error:
>>>>
>>>> An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
>>>> current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
>>>> the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
>>>>
>>>> Stack Trace:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [HttpException (0x80004005): Maximum request length exceeded.]
>>>> System.Web.HttpRequest.GetEntireRawContent() +895
>>>> System.Web.HttpRequest.GetMultipartContent() +58
>>>> System.Web.HttpRequest.FillInFormCollection() +255
>>>> System.Web.HttpRequest.get_Form() +50
>>>> NFission.WebControls.Config.EnablePage(HttpApplica tion app) +340
>>>> NFission.WebControls.ScrollKeeperModule.context_Be ginRequest(Object
>>>> sender, EventArgs e) +33
>>>>
>>>> System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpA pplication+IExecutionStep.Execute()
>>>> +60
>>>> System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionS tep step, Boolean&
>>>> completedSynchronously) +87
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ************************************************** ************************************************** *****************
>>>>
>>>> I can't seem to stop it. There doesn't seem to be anywhere to put my
>>>> try/catch block. I tried putting it around my upload routing that I
>>>> call when I do my submit. That is the point at which I look for the
>>>> size of the file.
>>>>
>>>> But that doesn't seem to matter.
>>>>
>>>> I have literally ripped out that code (and any that refers to my upload
>>>> objects ID).
>>>>
>>>> <input id="MyFile" style="width:300px" type="File" runat="Server">
>>>>
>>>> and now my submit buttons event does nothing:
>>>>
>>>> Sub SaveChanges_Click(s as Object, e as ImageClickEventArgs)
>>>> End Sub
>>>>
>>>> And it still tries to load the file when I hit the submit button.
>>>>
>>>> Why and how can I test for the size of the file to give the user a
>>>> warning that the file is too large?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>> "tshad" <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OfR0TRUxFHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I have an upload file input as:
>>>>>> <input id="MyFile" style="width:300px" type="File" runat="Server">
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This works fine, but I find that if my page doesn't pass validation
>>>>>> during postback, the page comes back with all the data intact, except
>>>>>> for the upload object. The text box for "MyFile" (my example) is
>>>>>> always cleared.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why is that and is there a way to stop that from happening?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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