Difference in filepath between "Import" and "Import from Inbox"

Question

Hi there,
Our presystem is storing the FlatFiles directly in the Inbox of each location.
From the Inbox the user is then able to process the step of the import, validate and export. like that we want to force the user to upload trough the Inbox their files.
But some of the user try to use still the "normal" import way and choose one of the files on their local machine.
How can i stop that?
Is there as example in the Tool somewhere the filepath that indicates me where the file is coming from (so that i can stop the import process during the import) or is there any other change to solve it.
I found the RES. Function PstrFilename, but if i upload the file trough the inbox or trough my local machine, the PstrFilename is always telling me the INBOX path.
HELPPPPPPPP :)

Answer 1

If you NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER want to see that upload option, then do the following:
NOTE : This was done for FDM 9.3.1, if you have a different version, this might vary slightly. Also, probably a warranty voider if you're concerned about things like that.
- Locate the file import.aspx on the fdm server.
- Make a backup of the file.
- Locate the following text :
<componentart:pageview runat="server" id="Pageview2">
<input type="button" id="buttonClientSideImport" runat="server" class="ButtonActive" value="~{Import}~"
                                        onclick="DM_ImportPage_ClientSideImportButtonClicked();">
<asp:button id="buttonImport" runat="server" style="display: none"></asp:button>
<asp:label id="labelSelectFile" runat="server" cssclass="Label">~{Select File:}~</asp:label>
<input id="fileControlUpload" type="file" class="TextBox" style="width: 250px" runat="server"
                                        onblur="DM_ImportPage_FileControlUploadChanged();" onchange="DM_ImportPage_FileControlUploadChanged();"
                                        name="fileControlUpload">
<asp:label runat="server" cssclass="Label" id="Label1">~{Import Type:}~</asp:label>
<hyperion:dropdownbox id="dropDownBoxUploadFileImportType" runat="server"></hyperion:dropdownbox>
</componentart:pageview>
NOTE: If you look at the aspx file enough, you'll notice that they are using some sort of component to implement that tabs on the import page (View, Upload from File, Select from Inbox). The code above is the "code" to create the tab for the Import from File.
- Depending on what you want to try you can either delete that entire block of code or you could disabled a specific component. If you delete that entire block of code, then the second tab should disappear entirely. If you want to do something else that isn't quite as drastic, you could disable the upload button from working by altering it from :
<input type="button" id="buttonClientSideImport" runat="server" class="ButtonActive" value="~{Import}~"
                                        onclick="DM_ImportPage_ClientSideImportButtonClicked();">
to
<input type="button" visible="false" id="buttonClientSideImport" runat="server" class="ButtonActive" value="~{Import}~"
                                        onclick="DM_ImportPage_ClientSideImportButtonClicked();">
You could also delete the onclick code, but you would also want to change the runat from server to client so that it doesn't post back to the server to do absolutely nothing. The codechange as shown above willl prevent the button from being rendered on the webpage by ASP.NET.
- You MAY need to restart the server/webservice as it could cache the previous version of the file and you'd want to clear that out.
I would probably just make the tab go away; however, if I wanted to keep the tab for something, I'd probably do something a little more U/I friendly than my above example :
<componentart:pageview runat="server" id="Pageview2">
As upload files are automatically placed in your Inbox, please use the 'Select File From Inbox' functionality to upload.
</componentart:pageview>
Edited by: beyerch2 on Nov 8, 2011 9:43 AM