Ektron® eWebEditPro Developer's Reference Guide

Managing Images
(installed with the eWebEditPro server-side installation) in its most basic sense.
The eWebEditPro editor is not part of these samples. Gaining familiarity with the
DLL helps you to integrate it into your own external upload mechanism.
This section explains:
• Creating an ASP page that asks the user to select a file
• Creating an ASP page that performs the upload
• Examining the EktronFileIO upload method
• Examining return values for errors and file name changes
• Retrieving the values of field items on a submitted form
When using EktronFileIO, keep these in mind:
• The ASP mechanism processes the posted information
• The EktronFileIO must be registered on the server (see ”Registering
EktronFileIO.dll” on page 411)
• For security reasons, files cannot be uploaded without user intervention
• All data sent to EktronFileIO is contained in a form that is posted to the server
Using EktronFileIO involves four steps:
1. Creating a Selection Web Page
2. Creating a Form with a File Selection Field Item
3. Creating an ASP Page to Activate the Posted Upload
4. Providing Upload Feedback
Step 1: Create a Selection Web Page
In this step, we create a simple ASP page that contains an upload and cancel
button. The Upload button is a submit button.
Below is the HTML for this page. Save the file as simpleupload.asp within the
server's Web directory.
EktronFileIO Upload Example
Upload a File with EktronFileIO
Step 2: Create a Form with a File Selection Field Item
Within the HTML that the user interacts with, we need to create a form that is
submitted to the server. The form contains the name of the file to upload and,
optionally, other information we may want to use.
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