I decided to make the control easy to drag and drop onto any XPage after speaking with Niklas Heidloff from IBM. He was filling me in on all the changes coming soon to OpenNTF.org and I felt it was important to contribute to the efforts that are underway.
About the Multi Attachment Custom Control
This custom control uses a central attachment repository db for all the attachments for your application. It allows the user to add as many attachments to a document as they want by clicking the "Add New Upload" button . Each attachment is a separate document in the attachment repository and is linked back to the document using the document's universalID. The custom control uses a repeat control to repeat a description and download control for each attachment.
The parameters I added allow you to specify the location and name of the repository database as well as control the various features of the file download control. The repository contains a single view and form. You can place that view and form into any database to create the repository.
Here's a screen shot of the custom control being used on an XPage that tracks Project information:
Here's a screen shot showing the parameters:
Descriptions of the available parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type |
| fileUploadDbName | The db name that will store the attachments. Include the full path from the Notes data directory. | string |
| hideIfNoAttachments | Controls the visibility of the download control if there are no attachments | boolean |
| showCreatedDate | Controls the visibility of the column for Creation date | boolean |
| showModifiedDate | Controls the visibility of the column for Modified date | boolean |
| showSize | Controls the visibility of the column for Attachment size | boolean |
| showType | Controls the visibility of the column for Attachment tyope | boolean |
You can download the control here: http://www.openntf.org/Projects/pmt.nsf/ProjectLookup/XPages%20Multi%20Attachment%20Custom%20Control.
You can read more about how the control was built by clicking here: http://www.jmackey.net/groupwareinc/johnblog/johnblog.nsf/d6plinks/GROC-7G3GF7
Please feel free to contact me if you have any issues or questions.....