Programmatically restrict the size of an attachment in InfoPath
Learn how you can write code in the Validating event of an InfoPath File Attachment control to restrict users to only uploading files of a particular size.
In a previous article, I explained that there are 3 ways to validate data on an InfoPath form.
You can use the second method from this article to check the size of a file that has been added to an InfoPath attachment control and report a validation error to the user if this size exceeds a predefined limit.
If you’ve added a File Attachment control named attachment to an InfoPath form template, you can add code similar to the following to the Validating event of the attachment field to programmatically restrict the size of a file that is added to the attachment field:
if (!e.UndoRedo && e.Operation == XmlOperation.ValueChange)
{
// Retrieve the attachment
string base64String = e.Site.Value;
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(base64String))
{
// Convert the attachment to bytes
InfoPathAttachmentDecoder decoder =
new InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(base64String);
string fileName = decoder.Filename;
byte[] data = decoder.DecodedAttachment;
// Check the file size
decimal fileSize = Math.Round(
(decimal)(data.Length / 1024F), 2);
if (fileSize > 2)
e.ReportError(e.Site, false,
String.Format(
"The size of '{0}' is {1} KB. It must be less than 2 KB.",
fileName,
fileSize.ToString()));
}
}
In the code sample above, the file size has been restricted to 2 KB. The sample also uses the InfoPathAttachmentDecoder class that is available from Microsoft.
Figure 1. Data validation error displayed on an InfoPath File Attachment control that restricts file size.
This technique can also be applied if you want to prevent users from uploading files of a particular file type using an InfoPath browser form (video).
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