archetypes.multifile 1.5

This package adds a field to upload multiple files

Introduction

archetypes.multifile is a Plone Archetype Field which allows to upload multiple files.

Usage

1. Install package by adding the egg into your buildout cfg:

   [instance]
   ...
   eggs =
       archetypes.multifile
   zcml =
       archetypes.multifile

2. Rerun buildout and start the instance

3. Install via quickinstaller

4. Use it in your custom Archetypes content type:

   from archetypes.multifile.MultiFileField import MultiFileField
   from archetypes.multifile.MultiFileWidget import MultiFileWidget
   
   MultiFileField('file',
              primary=True,
              languageIndependent=True,
              storage = AnnotationStorage(migrate=True),
              widget = MultiFileWidget(
                        description = "Select the file to be added by clicking the 'Browse' button.",
                        label= "File Some Text",
                        show_content_type = False,)),

TODO

Add tests

KNOWN BUGS

• Passes required validation even if no file is attached

Credits

This package was built upon a MultiFile product by

Partecs Participatory Technologies http://www.partecs.com

Eggified by Matous Hora http://dms4u.cz

Indexation feature by Quadra Informatique - Jonathan Riboux http://www.quadra-informatique.fr

Changelog

1.5 - (2010-10-20)

• Fixed compatibility with Plone4 - safe tabindex [Yves Cadour]

1.4 - (2010-04-16)

• Added french translation

• The field is now indexable in portal_catalog (each file text datas are extracted using portal_transform and concatenated)

[Jonathan Riboux - Quadra Informatique]

1.3 - (2010-01-06)

• Moved helping input into upload_file macro - fixes widget when creating a new object [Cleber J Santos]

• Added pt_BR translation [Matous Hora]

1.2 - (2009-10-23)

• Added Danish translation [Matous Hora]

1.0 - (2009-10-20)

• Initial release [Matous Hora]