Re: File upload and convert

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On Nov 27, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Kevin Reynen <[email protected]> wrote:

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> @earnie Please stop telling developers discussing development to use the support list.  This list was started as "a list for Drupal developers"....
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> http://web.archive.org/web/20110522011442/http://drupal.org/mailing-lists
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> At some point the description of the list was changed to core development.  Since core conversations rarely happen on this list, I'd like to see that changed back and limit suggestions to use the support list to questions about using Drupal or a  specific module. 
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> - Kevin
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> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Aaron Winborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> You are looking for http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!system!system.api.php/function/hook_file_insert/7
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> On 11/27/2012 3:38 AM, Peter Droogmans wrote:
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>> You’ll need something custom, at leeast that’s how I solved it
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>> I added an extra file field so people could upload the file, using hook_node_insert/hook_node_update I intercepted the upload, converted it, and store the result in the other file field.
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>> You could do it using a custom file field widget as well, just extend the current one (have a look at the image field widget, it extends the file widget)
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>> Cheers,
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>> Peter
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>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Miller
>> Sent: dinsdag 27 november 2012 1:33
>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Subject: [development] File upload and convert
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>> Hi Folks,
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>> I have a content type with TWO file fields, in which I will designate TWO PDFs.  On upload completion I want to run something like: "exec(pdftk f1.pdf background f2.pdf output f1.pdf)".  This will "brand" f1.pdf.
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>> I don't see any standard mechanism and so I'm not sure how to go about this.  I have a general understanding, but that doesn't answer the question.  I am sure I don't want to intercept all possible uploads; just the uploads from this specific content type.  So, can I define a file upload hook which is scoped to this specific content type?  I haven't seen anything that makes me believe I can.  Can I create a custom file field to use any time I need to perform a conversion?  Can my custom file field "extend" the existing file field, so I don't have to port improvements/bugfixes to my custom file field version?
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>> So many questions...  (-:
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>> Thanks for the help,
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>> Chris.
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