File Upload in Web Dynpro

Hi all,
I need to upload file from user local computer into Web Dynpro context, but standard FileUpload component doesn't look very "attractive" to me. There are 3 main reasons:
1. when user don't use Browse functionality, but he/she types directly for example == "xxxx" (not valid absolute windows path) into input field of FU Component and then click Upload, application freeze - and loading that 'file' forever.....
2. don't know how to specify custom file types in showed FileChooser (predefined are AllFiles, Pictures, HTML)
3. Browse label is not internationalized, no possibility to change that text (and that button also looks "different" )
How can I eliminate these minuses, or is here alternative solution for file uploading file in WD? My customer environment is NW 2004.
Regards,
Juraj

Dynpro UI elements has limitations. But we can use them the way we want within these limitations.
1. when user don't use Browse functionality, but he/she types directly for example == "xxxx" (not valid absolute windows path) into input field of FU Component and then click Upload, application freeze - and loading that 'file' forever.....
If there is a fixed place to hold the documents, we can prefix the path upto the filename.
2. don't know how to specify custom file types in showed FileChooser (predefined are AllFiles, Pictures, HTML)
we can get the MIME type from the resource. And further processing can be restricted.
3. Browse label is not internationalized, no possibility to change that text (and that button also looks "different" )
I Agree that we can't change "Browse", but still we can have the orientation, if your browser is Arabic, it got aligned at right hand side.
thread:
nikhil
Edited by: Nikhil ßos on Jul 3, 2008 1:07 PM

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