Limiting size of files a user can upload.
I want to limit the size of files my users can upload to an app? is there a native way to do this? and is there a way to retrieve the file size for existing files?
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Hi Dan,
I tried this method and it worked great for one file attachment field. However my requirement is a bit different. I have a form with multiple fields with file attachments. Example Photo1, Photo2, Photo3 etc. Ideally when the users click on either one of the "browse" buttons to locate image file and if the file is more than 1Mb, I would like to stop them from uploading. I'm very new to JS so having troubles applying this method. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Many thanks in advance!
I tried this method and it worked great for one file attachment field. However my requirement is a bit different. I have a form with multiple fields with file attachments. Example Photo1, Photo2, Photo3 etc. Ideally when the users click on either one of the "browse" buttons to locate image file and if the file is more than 1Mb, I would like to stop them from uploading. I'm very new to JS so having troubles applying this method. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Many thanks in advance!
Which version of IE are you testing this on? An unfortunate side effect of having so many browsers available is not everything works on every version. In general Chrome and Firefox should work with most things but it again depends on the version. It can also depend on the version of the library you are using, if the command is from a library. QuickBase uses jQuery 1.7.2 which is older, as an example.
If you are using Internet Explorer 10 or 11 that works with a lot of things but still is not ideal. If you were using Edge that would be better but Chrome supports a lot of stuff.
I've stopped supporting IE. Trying to make something that isn't a native function work in all browsers is sometimes impossible. I know it isn't always an option but just having your users only use Chrome or Firefox or whatever as long as users stuck with one option would solve that.
You could go through the javascript above line by line and see which line is causing the error, or you could check in console to see which line is giving you an error and report back here. That would tell me more about what is going on with it.
If you are using Internet Explorer 10 or 11 that works with a lot of things but still is not ideal. If you were using Edge that would be better but Chrome supports a lot of stuff.
I've stopped supporting IE. Trying to make something that isn't a native function work in all browsers is sometimes impossible. I know it isn't always an option but just having your users only use Chrome or Firefox or whatever as long as users stuck with one option would solve that.
You could go through the javascript above line by line and see which line is causing the error, or you could check in console to see which line is giving you an error and report back here. That would tell me more about what is going on with it.