Ektron® eWebEditPro Developer's Reference Guide

Initialization
Dynamically Selecting Upload Destinations
Notice a call to the UseSelectedLocation function -- this is explained in ”User
Selection – Changing the Upload Location” on page 453.
When the page loads, an external upload mechanism is assigned. The code also
reflects to the user the current upload path from the Media File Object.
var g_strConfiguredPath = "";
function eWebEditProReady(sEditorName)
{
var objMedia = eWebEditPro.instances[sEditorName].editor.MediaFile();
objMedia.setProperty("TransferMethod", "samples/asp/database/mediamanager.asp");
g_strConfiguredPath = objMedia.getPropertyString("DefDestinationDir");
document.selectpath.CurUploadLocation.value = g_strConfiguredPath;
}
The current path (the default path defined in the configuration file) is stored for
later use. In our example, this allows the user to re-select it.
Note on the Missing eWebEditProReady
To the core JavaScript files installed with eWebEditPro, eWebEditProReady is
a reserved function name. This function does not exist in the core JavaScript files.
Instead, a developer must define the function either in his/her own JavaScript files
or in the HTML file.
The function can be defined in any file brought in by the page. In the example
below, this function is defined in the HTML file.
When the editor control sends the "ready" notification, the core JavaScript checks
to see if eWebEditProReady is defined. If it is, the core JavaScript calls the
function to notify the scripts that the editor is ready.
User Selection – Changing the Upload Location
In this example, the user can select one of three image upload locations. Here is
the JavaScript to handle the selection:
function AssignUploadLocation(sEditorName, sLocation)
{
var objMedia = eWebEditPro.instances[sEditorName].editor.MediaFile();
objMedia.setProperty("DefDestinationDir", sLocation);
document.selectpath.CurUploadLocation.value =
objMedia.getPropertyString("DefDestinationDir");
}
function UseSelectedLocation(iIndex)
{
var UploadLoc = new Array(g_strConfiguredPath, eWebEditProPath + "samples/common/database",
"/publish/images");
AssignUploadLocation(g_strUserEditorName, UploadLoc[iIndex]);
}
The UserSelectedLocation function uses the index passed down from the
LocationSelection item to specify the user's selection.
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