rich:fileUpload - user can only select one file

[runner1]

Hello.

Have you done this? Only allow user to select one file at a time when upload a file using rich:fileUpload? For some reason, my code allows the users to select more than one file. (I tried different browsers (Chrome, firefox and IE8). Please advise.

Code: I defined maxFilesQuantity="1" to process one file at a time, however, the user can still select more than one at a time, which I want to prevent.

<rich:fileUpload   
fileUploadListener="#{uploadFileBean.fileUploadListener}"                                         
        id="upload" addControlLabel="Select File" 
        maxFilesQuantity="1"
        autoclear="true" 
        allowFlash="true" 
        immediateUpload="true">
        <a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete" reRender="info"/>
</rich:fileUpload>

Thanks a lot.

[runner1]

Hi,

I think I know where this is controlled. It is actually controlled by the attribute - allowFlash.

Header 1	Header 2
allowFlash	Attribute which allow the component to use the flash module that provides file upload functionality [false, true, auto]. Default value is "false"

Code:

Before: (with allowFlash="true"). If you have it defined as true, then the user can select more than one file at a time, and the title of the window shows "Select file(s) to upload by localhost<servername>".

<rich:fileUpload

fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadBean.listener}"

addControlLabel="Select File"

maxFilesQuantity="1"

autoclear="true"

allowFlash="true"

immediateUpload="true">

<a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete" reRender="fileUpload" />

</rich:fileUpload>

After: (allowFlash is removed).  If you don't have it defined in the code (its default value is 'false', then the user can only select one file at a time to upload, see the image below. And the title of the window shows "Open". I still hope that we can define the "Open" to something different, such as "Select a file to upload" because it is really to select a file to upload not to open a file to upload. Any ideas how to do it?  Thanks.

<rich:fileUpload

fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadBean.listener}"

addControlLabel="Select File"

maxFilesQuantity="1"

autoclear="true"

immediateUpload="true">

<a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete" reRender="fileUpload" />

</rich:fileUpload>

Thanks.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

allowFlash actually not controling the number of files to be selected. It's jsut a flash feature - it's allow multiple selection. And in standard input HTML browser dialog - only one file could be choosen.

But b.t.w. even if you could select more than one in flash mode - only one will be added to list.

P.S. second questions in separate thread. http://community.jboss.org/message/558499#558499

[runner1]

Thank you for your reply. The following messages are very helpful.

"allowFlash actually not controling the number of files to be selected. It's jsut a flash feature - it's allow multiple selection. And in standard input HTML browser dialog - only one file could be choosen.

But b.t.w. even if you could select more than one in flash mode - only one will be added to list."

Thank you again.

P.S. I am going to another thread for my second question. Thanks.