Method GetUploadedFilePath

Namespace: Skyline.DataMiner.Automation

Assembly: SLManagedAutomation.dll

GetUploadedFilePath(string)

Retrieves the selected upload file path.

public string GetUploadedFilePath(string key)

Parameters

key string: The key of the file selection UI component to retrieve the selected upload file paht from.

Returns

string: The selected upload file path. If the specified key was not found, null is returned.

Examples

UIBlockDefinition uiBlock = new UIBlockDefinition();
uiBlock.Type = UIBlockType.FileSelector;
uiBlock.DestVar = "varUserUploadedFile";
...
UIResults results = engine.ShowUI(uiBuilder);
string uploadedFilePath = results.GetUploadedFilePath("varUserUploadedFile");

Remarks

When you have selected a file, the actual upload will only start after you click a button to make the script continue (e.g.Close, Next, etc.). Once the upload has started, a Cancel option will appear, allowing you to abort the upload operation.

All files uploaded by users will by default be placed in the C:\Skyline DataMiner\TempDocuments folder, which is automatically cleared at every DataMiner startup.