If I have a web application that needs to use a file, it presents the user with a standard open file dialog. But instead of uploading the file to server can it modify the file locally in a temporary location, while uploading in the background? That way the user does not have to wait for the upload before they can use my web app.
A:
According to Gazler, there is some sort of solution in firefox. I can't verify this.
However, I have to ask why this is necessary or reasonable. If you are modifying the file locally, then it will not be the same as the file uploading in the background, will it?
Perhaps I need an context for this to be reasonable.
Regardless, there is no real way to do this that I know of.
Craige
2010-10-05 21:00:27
Say you the web app edits a photo, you can be uploading the original while the user makes modifications, using their computer not the server. The different modifications can be recorded and then sent to the server, where they are applied to the image once it has uploaded.
Jonathan
2010-10-06 06:47:49
I'm not sure I'd ever go that route, however....Perhaps a Java/Flash applet would be best suited for this? I'm not sure it's possible with just Javascript.
Craige
2010-10-07 13:25:37