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how can I reset a blueimp jQuery fileupload plugin?


The gist: how can I reset a blueimp jQuery fileupload plugin so that it thinks no files have been uploaded already?

My Scenario

What happens currently

What I've Tried

I tried calling fileupload('destroy') and then reinitializing, but that appeared to have no result (I was hoping that destroying would also tear down the tracking of the instance).

My question(s):

A note on version:

FYI, I am on v8.8.1 -- I would prefer not to upgrade because a colleague changed some of the code in a specific way -- ugh. We plan to remove this customization and upgrade but at a scheduled date. If I have to update to resolve this, feel free to let me know because that's completely fair.

Update: Some Code

The first file upload control on the page:

<form id="summaryFileUploadForm" action="/api/InvoiceDetailsFile/PostForProcessing" method="POST"
    enctype="multipart/form-data" data-bind="disableFileUpload: InvoiceHasSummaryDocument() || (!InvoiceDataIsFilledIn())">

    <div class="fileupload-buttonbar">
        <div class="fileupload-buttons">

            <!-- The fileinput-button span is used to style the file input field as button -->
            <span class="fileinput-button">
                <span>Add files...</span>
                <input id="file" type="file" name="file" />
            </span>

            <span class="fileupload-loading"></span>
        </div>
        <!-- The global progress information -->
        <div class="fileupload-progress fade" style="display: none">
            <!-- The global progress bar -->
            <div class="progress" role="progressbar" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"></div>
            <!-- The extended global progress information -->
            <div class="progress-extended">&nbsp;</div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div data-bind="fadeVisible: InvoiceHasSummaryDocument()">
        <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-check float-left"></span><span>A summary document has been uploaded.</span>
    </div>
    <span data-bind="fadeVisible: (!InvoiceDataIsFilledIn())">Please fill out invoice information before uploading a file.</span>
    <!-- The table listing the files available for upload/download -->
    <table role="presentation">
        <tbody class="files" id="Tbody1"></tbody>
    </table>

    <script id="summaryFileDownloadTemplate" type="text/x-tmpl">

    </script>
</form>

The second file upload control on the page:

<form id="detailsFileUploadForm" action="/api/InvoiceDetailsFile/PostForProcessing" method="POST"
    enctype="multipart/form-data" data-bind="disableFileUpload: Invoice().DetailItems().length > 0 || (!InvoiceHasSummaryDocument())">

    <div class="fileupload-buttonbar">
        <div class="fileupload-buttons">

            <!-- The fileinput-button span is used to style the file input field as button -->
            <span class="fileinput-button">
                <span>Add files...</span>
                <input id="file" type="file" name="file" />
            </span>

            <span class="fileupload-loading"></span>
        </div>
        <!-- The global progress information -->
        <div class="fileupload-progress fade" style="display: none">
            <!-- The global progress bar -->
            <div class="progress" role="progressbar" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"></div>
            <!-- The extended global progress information -->
            <div class="progress-extended">&nbsp;</div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <span><strong>NOTE: </strong>Only Excel 2007+ (.xlsx) files are accepted. <a href="<%= ResolveUrl("~/asset/xlsx/Ligado_InvoiceUploadTemplate_Standard.xlsx") %>" target="_blank" id="A1">Need a blank Invoice Upload template?</a><br />
    </span>
    <span data-bind="fadeVisible: Invoice().DetailItems().length > 0">Invoice details have been uploaded.</span>
    <span data-bind="fadeVisible: (!InvoiceHasSummaryDocument())">Please upload a summary file prior to uploading a details file.</span>

    <!-- The table listing the files available for upload/download -->
    <table role="presentation">
        <tbody class="files" id="fileList"></tbody>
    </table>
    <script id="template-upload" type="text/x-tmpl">
{% for (var i=0, file; file=o.files[i]; i++) { %}
    <tr class="template-upload fade" style="display:none">
        <td>
            <span class="preview"></span>
        </td>
        <td>
            <p class="name">{%=file.name%}</p>
            {% if (file.error) { %}
                <div><span class="error">Error:</span> {%=file.error%}</div>
            {% } %}
        </td>
        <td>
            <p class="size">{%=o.formatFileSize(file.size)%}</p>
            {% if (!o.files.error) { %}
                <div class="progress" role="progressbar" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuenow="0"></div>
            {% } %}
        </td>
        <td>
            {% if (!o.files.error && !i && !o.options.autoUpload) { %}
                <button class="start">Start</button>
            {% } %}
            {% if (!i) { %}
                <button class="cancel">Cancel</button>
            {% } %}
        </td>
    </tr>
{% } %}
    </script>

    <script id="template-download" type="text/x-tmpl">

    </script>
</form>

I'm able to clear the first control using:

    $("tbody.files").empty();

presumably because the file has already been uploaded at that point (which is fine).

However, this doesn't work for the second form. I have tried:

    $("#detailsFileUploadForm").find('.cancel').click();

This makes the items disappear from the page, but they reappear when an additional file is added.

I have also tried $("#detailsFileUploadForm").fileupload('destroy') with no success (presumably because it does not handle these functions and is more about bindings.


Solution

  • The answer to this was a lot simpler than I expected:

    $("table tbody.files").empty();
    

    Previously, I think I was doing too much -- attempting to destroy/reset the container didn't work as well.

    With this one line of code, the lists appear to reset and all is working well as far as I can tell.