We need to create a very easy to use SharePoint 2007 based application.
Part of this is to replace the standard browse for file approach to select files to upload to a drag-n-drop somehow.
This is within/with an interface where attributes for that document. We're looking for a component or something that will let us do this.
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If you are looking to drag and drop files into a document library all you need to do is change the view to Explorer view, you can do this from top right of the doc library the standard view would be ALL DOCUMENTS view change to explorer view.
Then you should be able to drag and drop files into that folder dirrectly.
What I need is to be able to drag and drop a file and be asked for the attributes needed on the document as part of the same upload.
In fact, I'd like to be able to drag and drop 3 files and upload them all at once, but I'll start with one.
So far as security goes, this is where I think I need an activeX or Java component of some sort on the page. SA FileUp had some (ActiveX and Java) and I think others as well. Difference here is that the files need to go into SharePoint.
Can you fire of an event on the document library in explorer view to prompt for these fields?
Here's another way:
Create a WinForms application to capture the DragDrop event. When a user drops a file over the form, you can ask the user to select the attributes and then upload it to SharePoint:
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Well what can be done is to create a column and check radio button for "Require that this column contains information: " this would prompt you to automatically fill the details when the doc is uploaded through the All Documents view, however when you drag and drop the doc is uploaded and stays checked out, you would require to edit the properties of that file and enter the details to check it in. So thats how you do it out of box !
nmarun is close to what I'd like to do, but I need to do it from something within the SharePoint site (not a stand-alone application on a user desktop).
I'm not sure that the code described (the WinForm) can be in a web part or IE hosted component. How would you do that if the security constraints prevent it.
What is ideal about this is that in theory the user could drag several files onto the form and upload them all at once.
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by: nmarunPosted on 2009-02-17 at 15:13:54ID: 23665349
Since SharePoint is built upon ASP.NET 2.0, you can have a look at the following:
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