file:upload allowFlash module doesn't work with IE

[lrmymycn]

hi all,

Just as what i said in the subject. This is my code

<rich:fileUpload id="infoPageImageUpload" immediateUpload="true"
addControlLabel="#{refDataBO.messages[177].messageText}"
acceptedTypes="jpg, gif"
autoclear="true"
fileUploadListener="#{uploadMB.uploadHelppointImage}"
maxFilesQuantity="10"
allowFlash="true"
onadd="checkFileSize(event.memo.entries, '#{helpPointController.imageMaxSize}');"
onupload="showWaitCursor();">
<a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete"
action="#{helpPointController.uploadWindowImage}"
reRender="help-point-panel"
oncomplete="hideWaitCursor();"/>
</rich:fileUpload>

It works fine in FF. However in both IE6 and IE7 it doesn't work and shows a "Get ADOBE FLASH PLAYER" logo. So how can I fix this problem? Apparently I have flash player installed.

Cheers

[lrmymycn]

nobody has same problem?

[nbelaevski]

Hi,

You should have Flash player of version 9.0.28+ installed in all browsers for this to work.

[lrmymycn]

hi,

thank you for your reply.

i have installed 10.0.12.36 and the flash player works fine with other pages like youtube. However, i still have the same problem.

IE 7 shows an "Unexpected call to method or property access" error

[b_ravi_kiran]

FYI, I also has the same issue with fileupload and flash 10.x version. Reverted back to 9.x version and it worked.

[andrei_exadel]

Hi,

Seems that this is a known issue: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-4513.
Be sure if you have compressed script on the page.

[b_ravi_kiran]

Hi Andrei,
Even in Firefox flash version 10.x does not open up dialog for selecting files on windows XP machine.

I also found another weird issue with flash 9.x versions (Irrespective of the browser) after a couple of days of working fine the dialog box doesnt open up. If I reinstall flash 9.x again then the dialog box pops up correctly.

In web.xml I have

 <context-param>
 <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.COMPRESS_SCRIPT</param-name>
 <param-value>false</param-value>
 </context-param>
 <context-param>
 <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.COMPRESS_STYLE</param-name>
 <param-value>false</param-value>
 </context-param>

My JSP is as follows

<h:form>
...
<rich:tabPanel id="tabPanelViewId" rendered="#{galleryView.galleryVO.galleryId != null}">
 <rich:tab id="galleryTabId" label="Gallery">
 <jsp:include page="galleryProperties.jsp"/>
 </rich:tab>

 <rich:tab id="uploadTabId" label="Upload" rendered="#{galleryView.userBean.userGroup != 'CN=CaptionEditorGroup'}">
 <jsp:include page="richMediaUpload.jsp"/>
 </rich:tab>
</rich:tabPanel>

</h:form

The richMediaUpload.jsp has the following

<h:panelGrid columns="1" columnClasses="top,top">
 <a4j:status id="resizestatusId">
 <f:facet name="start">
 <rich:progressBar value="100"
 label="Resizing Please Wait..."
 enabled="false" minValue="-1" maxValue="100">
 </rich:progressBar>
 </f:facet>
 </a4j:status>

 <rich:fileUpload id="uploderId"
 uploadData="#{uploaderBean.files}"
 fileUploadListener="#{uploaderBean.listener}"
 listWidth="350"
 listHeight="700"
 maxFilesQuantity="100"
 acceptedTypes="jpg,jpeg,mp3"
 allowFlash="true">
 <f:facet name="label">
 <h:outputText value="{_KB}KB from {KB}KB uploaded --- {mm}:{ss}"></h:outputText>
 </f:facet>
 <a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete" action="#{uploaderBean.resize}" status="resizestatusId"/>
 </rich:fileUpload>
</h:panelGrid>

I would really appreciate any ideas on getting rid of this weird behavior.

Ravi Kiran

[supernovasoftware.com]

I also reverted to Flash 9 and it started working again.

[b_ravi_kiran]

Anybody experienced the fileupload flakiness I reported on 9.x ?? And if anybody found solution to it kindly share it please.

Ravi

[ilya_shaikovsky]

no we have no problem with 9.x version in our test environment. Should be 9.0.28 version and higher.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

and 10.x will be checked additionally

https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-4917

[b_ravi_kiran]

Iam using 9.0.124 and I noticed that after every war deployment on the server the file upload dialog box does not open up on the client's firefox browser.
As bizzarre as it may seem, If I reinstall flash on client again then the dialog box opens up. The web.xml has state saving set to SERVER and the bean supporting the fileupload is set up with keepalive. Any idea why this would happen?

Ravi Kiran