Upload progress bar?

[Kent Multer]

Hi folks --

I have a client who sells prints, and wants a custom Merchant module to help their customers upload image files. -- I know, there are modules available for this, but this client has some specific requirements. One thing they've asked for is a bar-graph display to show the progress of large uploads. Is there a way to do this in Miva????? This is not like a Merchant upgrade that can be broken into steps; it's just one big file upload.

I don't mind hooking up some JavaScript or even PHP, but I suspect that this "little" feature is going to turn out to be kind of labor-intensive, i.e. expensive. A JavaScript could send the file in segments, but I'd need a custom Action to receive and re-assemble them ... or something ... anybody got a solution for this one?

Thanks -- Kent

[Vic - WolfPaw Computers]

Kent,

You mean like the bar that scrolls when you upgrade OpenUI? Perhaps you can email Darren and see if he would be willing to share that little gem with you.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

The cheesy way is to display a an image of a "spinning" hour glass or something similair as the first part of the Process_Upload event...then replace it with a "done" image.

While its not actually showing "progress" its showing "in progress" which is mostly what folks are wanting.

[cookiecaper]

It sounds like you just need help getting that progress bar up, not integrating into Miva. In that case, take a look at Drupal's implementation of progress bar: http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/drupal/misc/upload.js?rev=1.8.2.1&view=markup . That should help you. : )

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Actually I do believe Kent needs it intergrated with Miva, as he is probably referring to the MivaUpload Process functions....

[Kent Multer]

I do need to do this in a Merchant module. I wouldn't insist on using the built-in upload functions. I looked at this Javascript, and it seems pretty short. Also, well, I thought I knew JS, but I don't recognize that $(name) notation; what is that?

Is there any documentation available for this script?

Thanks --

[Dramatic]

Well if people used decent web browsers, the browser displays a progress status for file uploads. Opera has done so for several years now :-)

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

well yea, I suppose i could demand that all my customers drove safe, sensible cars...but then again, I probably couldn't afford one if i did.