Re: Binary File Uploads - Benjamin [API Guru] - com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developer

3 messages in com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developerRe: Binary File Uploads

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Tomasz R.	19 Apr 2008 07:15
Benjamin [API Guru]	19 Apr 2008 07:32
Tomasz R.	19 Apr 2008 09:58

Subject:	Re: Binary File Uploads
From:	Benjamin [API Guru] (code...@gmail.com)
Date:	04/19/2008 07:32:36 AM
List:	com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developer

If you upload large files you should probably use a hybrid gadget (either DLL or external application) to perform the uploads. The method described in the other discussion is more suited for basic form submits and uploading small files like small images and such. Using base64 is only a workaround the issue, that Javascript doesn't handle binary files that well. What are you uploading and how large will your files be?

Best regards, Benjamin

On Apr 19, 4:15 pm, "Tomasz R." <akay...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm evaluating desktop gadgets IP and I would like to know if it is possible to upload a file as a stream. I found discussion about that, form January, where someone proposed base64 encoding. The problem I have is that I'm going to upload large files, so I do not think base64 can be a viable solution. Is there anything else to try ? I believe the end result would need to be a multipart/form-data post.

Thanks,