Using the PeopleTools Test Utilities Page
Access the PeopleTools Test Utilities page ().
The PeopleTools Test Utilities page contains a sample file attachment application that allows you to upload (Attach button), save (Detach button), delete (Delete button), and open (View button) a file attachment. The page allows you to specify a storage location as a URL identifier or as an ad hoc string. After clicking the Attach button, you are prompted to select a file to upload to the storage location. Once the selected file has been successfully uploaded, buttons appear that allow you to open, save, or delete that file from its storage location.
Note:
This demonstration application permits the user to enter a URL of up to 120 characters only.
The actual page definition involved, PSTESTUTIL, contains buttons that execute FieldChange PeopleCode programs in the FILE_ATTACH_WRK derived/work record definition. These programs are provided as working examples of how to use the following file attachment functions: AddAttachment, DeleteAttachment, DetachAttachment, and ViewAttachment. If you are developing a file attachment application, you can clone the FILE_ATTACH_WRK derived/work record definition and modify the copied programs to fit your application’s file processing requirements.
Important:
Do not modify the delivered FILE_ATTACH_WRK record definition or the PeopleCode programs it contains. In addition, do not directly call these PeopleCode programs from any PeopleCode programs you implement. Oracle might modify these sample programs in a future release of PeopleTools.
See Delivered Record Definitions.
The FILE_ATTACH_WRK derived/work record definition also demonstrates a programmatic methodology for restricting file types. The IsLegalAttachmentType function compares a given file to an internally defined array of illegal file extensions. This programmatic methodology can be contrasted with restricting file types through the use of file extension lists. File extension lists can be provide an easier, more flexible, and more manageable approach to restricting file types than a programmatic method.
Important:
Do not combine these two methodologies in the same application.
See Restricting the File Types That Can Be Uploaded or Downloaded.