Re: 1st Comparison inside [fileinfo] broken. = bug?

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2004

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 59956
interpreted = N
texte = Thank you Brian!you discovered the pattern that I still had not nailed down in its full picture. I just hope that pattern holds so my workaround doesn't break someday.-JohnOn Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:59:15 -0800 Brian Fries wrote:>This does look like a bug, or at least an interesting >programming choice by SMSI...>>If the path for the [fileinfo] points at a valid JPG or >GIF file, [imageheight] shows the pixel height.>>If the path points to a non-existent file, [imageheight] >is blank.>>If the path points to a file that is not a JPG or GIF >file, then the first time you look at [imageheight] it >says:>>Error: Invalid image extension (file path)>>The second and subsequent times you look at [imageheight] >for a non-image file, it comes up blank.>>- Brian>>>On Nov 9, 2004, at 8:59 AM, >wrote:>>> [!]=== Someone PLEASE try this, I think it is a WebDNA >>bug! ====>>>> "test.tpl" is reached by this form:>>

>enctype="multipart/form-data">>> >> >> >>>> Before trying it - change the values of 'MyPhotoDir' & >>'theFilename' >> on the top lines of code from "xxxxx" to values which >>points to a real >> file on your server which is not a .gif or .jpg, or is >>one of those >> but named with the other extension.>>>> ===[/!]>>>> ----------------- test.tpl ---------------->> [text show=F]MyPhotoDir=xxxxx[/text]>> [text show=F]theFilename=xxxxx[/text]>>>> [formvariables]>> [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"ShowStep"[/url]]>> [text]ShowStep=[value][/text]>> [/showif]>> [!]...plus more stuff to grab the value for >>'thefile'[/!]>> [/formvariables]>>>> [showif [URL][ShowStep][/URL]=4]>>>> [!]...plus more stuff to write the uploaded file to disk >>- all working >> fine.[/!]>> [!]But now to error check what was uploaded - where the >>problem is.[/!]>>>> [FileInfo file=[MyPhotoDir]/[theFilename]]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=unknown[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[/text]>> >> [showif [URL][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text >>show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],NeverFires[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blah?, why >>not?
[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [URL][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],Is >>it[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blahA[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [URL][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],a WebDNA >> 6.0/MacOSX.2.8[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blahB[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [URL][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text >>show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],bug?[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blah-C[/text]>> [/showif]>> UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus]
>> Error=[ErrorMessg]>> [/FileInfo]>>>> [/showif]>> ----------------- /test.tpl ---------------->> -John-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: 1st Comparison inside [fileinfo] broken. = bug? ( 2004) Re: 1st Comparison inside [fileinfo] broken. = bug? ( Brian Fries 2004) 1st Comparison inside [fileinfo] broken. = bug? ( 2004)

Thank you Brian!you discovered the pattern that I still had not nailed down in its full picture. I just hope that pattern holds so my workaround doesn't break someday.-JohnOn Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:59:15 -0800 Brian Fries wrote:>This does look like a bug, or at least an interesting >programming choice by SMSI...>>If the path for the [fileinfo] points at a valid JPG or >GIF file, [imageheight] shows the pixel height.>>If the path points to a non-existent file, [imageheight] >is blank.>>If the path points to a file that is not a JPG or GIF >file, then the first time you look at [imageheight] it >says:>>Error: Invalid image extension (file path)>>The second and subsequent times you look at [imageheight] >for a non-image file, it comes up blank.>>- Brian>>>On Nov 9, 2004, at 8:59 AM, >wrote:>>> [!]=== Someone PLEASE try this, I think it is a WebDNA >>bug! ====>>>> "test.tpl" is reached by this form:>> >enctype="multipart/form-data">>> >> >> >>>> Before trying it - change the values of 'MyPhotoDir' & >>'theFilename' >> on the top lines of code from "xxxxx" to values which >>points to a real >> file on your server which is not a .gif or .jpg, or is >>one of those >> but named with the other extension.>>>> ===[/!]>>>> ----------------- test.tpl ---------------->> [text show=F]MyPhotoDir=xxxxx[/text]>> [text show=F]theFilename=xxxxx[/text]>>>> [formvariables]>> [showif [url][name][/url]^[url]"ShowStep"[/url]]>> [text]ShowStep=[value][/text]>> [/showif]>> [!]...plus more stuff to grab the value for >>'thefile'[/!]>> [/formvariables]>>>> [showif [url][ShowStep][/URL]=4]>>>> [!]...plus more stuff to write the uploaded file to disk >>- all working >> fine.[/!]>> [!]But now to error check what was uploaded - where the >>problem is.[/!]>>>> [FileInfo file=[MyPhotoDir]/[theFilename]]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=unknown[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[/text]>> >> [showif [url][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text >>show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],NeverFires[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blah?, why >>not?
[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [url][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],Is >>it[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blahA[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [url][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],a WebDNA >> 6.0/MacOSX.2.8[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blahB[/text]>> [/showif]>> [showif [url][ImageHeight][/URL]=]>> [text >>show=F]UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus],bug?[/text]>> [text show=F]ErrorMessg=[ErrorMessg] -blah-C[/text]>> [/showif]>> UpldFileStatus=[UpldFileStatus]
>> Error=[ErrorMessg]>> [/FileInfo]>>>> [/showif]>> ----------------- /test.tpl ---------------->> -John-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

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