can i reduce file size after upload ???

[cosmits]

Hi
well - i forgot to mention the option in the previus topic -
once the user upload the file to the server
is it possible to manipulate the file size?
to reduce it ?
Do I need a Java object ?
cheers
Yariv
:)

[TA-Selene]

There are three ways I know of to reduce the size of a file:

- Delete it
- Remove some of the contents
- Zip it up

[cosmits]

Hi selene
sure enough - Remove some of the contents -
same as taking an image file into photoshop
and changing the Image size property
would result in a smaller resolution or image dimensions
hence - smaller file size.

but how can I integrate this functionality on the server ?
any Ideas ?
cheers
Yariv :)

[mpwoodward *TMM*]

On 2005-06-11 07:16:53 -0500, "cosmits" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> said:

> Hi selene
> sure enough - Remove some of the contents - same as taking an image
> file into photoshop and changing the Image size property
> would result in a smaller resolution or image dimensions
> hence - smaller file size.
>
> but how can I integrate this functionality on the server ?
> any Ideas ?
> cheers
> Yariv :)

There are some CFCs that can resize images for you--here's one example
(there are others out there as well, and I believe some free ones are
available):
[url]http://alagad.com/index.cfm/name-aic[/url]

Matt
--
Matt Woodward
[email]mpwoodward@gmail.com[/email]
Team Macromedia - ColdFusion

[TA-Selene]

As Matt stated, there are many tools/tags out there that allow you to shrink an
image - or resize it - to a smaller size. I think CFX_Image was a good one,
not sure if it is still around.

I didn't suggest that originally, becuase you didn't specify you were talking
about images. I was thinking about files in general, which would be difficult.

[cosmits]

Thank you Matt and selene
your advice sure contribute

if you come to remember any other cfc or tag in particular
it would be apretiated
cheers
Yariv
:)

[benkayuk]

Hi all,

I'm currently trying to use JPegResizer, which is available as free download
in the Exchange.

My question is (as I've never used CFX extensions or anything before) do CFX
applets etc run on any platform, I mean Coldfusion on windows or mac, does that
make a difference?

I ask because I'm having problems (CFMX 7 on JRUN4 on mac os x), none of my
images are resized down. I should just be able to make a "custom tag path" to
the folder where the .class file is, register the CFX extension, and it should
run right?

Any ideas at all?

Ben

[mpwoodward *TMM*]

On 2005-06-14 03:45:26 -0500, "benkayuk" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> said:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently trying to use JPegResizer, which is available as free
> download in the Exchange.
>
> My question is (as I've never used CFX extensions or anything before)
> do CFX applets etc run on any platform, I mean Coldfusion on windows or
> mac, does that make a difference?

I don't know anything about JpegResizer specifically, but theoretically
if it's a CFX tag it should work on any platform.

> I ask because I'm having problems (CFMX 7 on JRUN4 on mac os x), none
> of my images are resized down. I should just be able to make a "custom
> tag path" to the folder where the .class file is, register the CFX
> extension, and it should run right?

Do you get any errors or do the images just not get resized? Do you
know if there's a specific Java version requirement for JpegResizer?

--
Matt Woodward
[email]mpwoodward@gmail.com[/email]
Team Macromedia - ColdFusion

[cosmits]

Does the tag resize only jpeg image files ?

[PaulH]

just to further complicate your life, you also might want to have a look at [url]http://www.olimpo.ch/tmt/cfc/tmt_img/[/url] which can handle jpeg and png.