File Upload Problems ....

[gareth]

Ok, so I've read lots on the Forums .. when I started out, Flash uploads in share worked fine.

Then I changed some things, now I get the "classic" uploading followed by the orange bar and "upload failed".

On reverting to IE, uploads work, it's just failing in FF and Chrome.

So, I assume this is because I've switched on SSL … and I read the solution is to get a properly signed cert rather than self-signed .. so I've done that, and the browser is happy it's a real cert, but the flash uploader still fails at the final hurdle. (this is 3.4d)

Is there a fix for this? Failing that, can anyone tell me how to turn the flash uploader off in version 3.4?

[srinivasmurty]

I have the same problem. I read somewhere that you can turn off the Flash uploader and force the system to use the HTML uploader. This does not appear to work. Mike Hatfield of Alfresco had suggested doing this but it did not help http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=35731&start=15#p110003. Right now, without the file upload functionality, Alfresco Share is pretty much useless and it's been over two weeks since I have been able to make this work. I love Alfresco and Share but am seriously considering abandoning it because of this "show-stopper" problem. Also, I'd like to add that, although I am using an SSL certificate, I did not have issues till two weeks ago with using the Flash uploader with any browser (IE, FF or Chrome). Now, none of them work.

[gareth]

Mmm, adding a cert on my part could indeed have coicided with another problem, I can only assume then that the problem is down to a new version of Flash coming through the repo's .. ?? I don't suppose you know when your last flash upgrade was?

Indeed can you check your current version?
I'm on Shockwave Flash 10.3 r181, Chrome, 64bit, 11.0.696.71 (86024) Ubuntu 11.04.

Incidentally, if you do "aboutlugins" and click "disable" for Flash, the HTML loader will kick in for you … a pain, but for low volume it's a work-around ..

[mikeh]

I have the same problem. I read somewhere that you can turn off the Flash uploader and force the system to use the HTML uploader. This does not appear to work.

What's the problem? If your browser can't perform a simple, native, file upload over SSL then I'd suggest it's something wrong with your set-up rather than an Alfresco issue.

Regarding Flash vs. SSL: It pretty much doesn't work for anything other than MSIE browsers. The reason Adobe give for this is that the browser developers don't offer a way to access the SSL credentials or have access to the secure data path (remember Flash is a sandboxed plug-in).

Thanks,
Mike

[gareth]

Ah-ha! An Alfresco Engineer! Just the chap! 

I would be really grateful if someone could point me at the lines required to turn off the flash up-loader in 3.4.d …

For us, Alfresco is only viable over SSL, and I don't think we have *any* customers who are exclusively MSIE .. and most of the Flash stuff in the UI does seem to work Ok, so it would be cool not to have to disable Flash in the browser just in order to Alfreso ..

On the Plus side, I think our sales director has been so impressed with what he's seen so far I think he's been mailing you for pricing ..

[mikeh]

That link above to the other forum post has the instructions.

Thanks,
Mike