OnClientCopy get_item null

[Jed]

Hi,

   I would like to log the source file and path being copied to the destination directory. When using the OnClientCopy I do get a value for the RadFileExplorerEventArgs get_newPath() but not for the get_item. Is there a way to get this value?

Thanks!

Jed

[Vessy]

Hi Jed,

The get_item() method of the OnClientCopy event's arguments returns null instead of a reference to the copied object, because this method is nor supported for this client event.

You could access the copied element using the get_selectedElement() method:

function OnClientCopy(explorer, args) {
    var newPath = args.get_newPath();
    var selectedItem = explorer.get_selectedItem();

    //If you want to log only the name of the file
    //var selectedItemName = explorer.get_selectedItem().get_name();
}

As a small token of our gratitude for your efforts I have updated your Telerik points.

All the best,
Vesi
the Telerik team

[Jed]

Hi Vesi,

   Unfortunately I've tried this and what happens is that the last selected value is captured as opposed to the item that is being copied. For example, let's say I have a root directory named "voiceFiles" and a subdirectory in the root named "english" and a file under the voiceFiles directory named "test.wav".

-voiceFiles/
    |-english/
    |-test.wav

If right click on the test.wav file and click "copy" and then click on the "english" directory and right click "paste" the explorer.get_selectedItem().get_name() will equal "english" and not the test.wav value. This will be a problem whenever the user will need to navigate to any other directory structure in the file system. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jed

[Jed]

Any solutions?

Thanks,

Jed

[Dobromir]

Hi Jed,

As a possible solution to this case I would suggest you to use additional variable to store the copied items and access them in the ClientCopy client-side event. To get the copied items you should handle the FileList context menu's clicked event and get the explorer's selected items, e.g.:

<telerik:RadFileExplorer ID="fileExplorer" runat="server" EnableCopy="true" OnClientLoad="explorerLoad" OnClientCopy="explorerCopy">
    <Configuration ViewPaths="~/ROOT" DeletePaths="~/ROOT" UploadPaths="~/ROOT" />
</telerik:RadFileExplorer>

<script type="text/javascript">
    var copiedItems = [];
    function explorerLoad(explorer)
    {
        explorer.get_gridContextMenu().add_itemClicked(function(sender, args){
            if(args.get_item().get_value() == "Copy")
            {
                copiedItems = explorer.get_selectedItems();
            }
        })
    }

    function explorerCopy(explorer, args)
    {
        //access the copied items through copiedItems variable
    }
</script>

In addition, we have logged this ClientSide event for improvements but I cannot provide firm estimate when these improvements will be available.

Greetings,
Dobromir
the Telerik team

[Jed]

That works great. Thanks!