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<gglConnection variable>.UploadDocument (Function)
In french: <Variable gglConnexion>.EnvoieDocument
Uploads a document to the Google server.
Example
Cnt is gglConnection
...
// Connection
IF Cnt.Connect() =False THEN
Error(ErrorInfo())
ELSE
// Upload a Word file
Cnt.UploadDocument("C:\Docs\file.doc")
END
Syntax
<Result> = <Google connection>.UploadDocument(<Document path> [, <Source language> [, <Destination language>]])
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the file was successfully uploaded,
  • False if a problem occurs. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.
<Google connection>: gglConnection variable
Name of the gglConnection variable to be used. This connection was validated by <gglConnection variable>.Connect.
<Document path>: Character string
Name and full (or relative) path of file (up to 260 characters). A UNC path can be used.
<Source language>: Character string
Current language of the document. This parameter is used to define the source language for translating the document. This parameter corresponds to the country code in ISO639-1 standard. The list of country codes in ISO639-1 format can be found at the following address: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
If this parameter corresponds to an empty string (""), Google tries to automatically detect the language of the document. Caution: When using the "Drive" API, this parameter is no longer taken into account.
<Destination language>: Character string
Language of the document found on the server. This parameter is used to translate the document when uploading the file. This parameter corresponds to the country code in ISO639-1 standard.
The list of country codes in ISO639-1 format can be found at the following address: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php. Caution: When using the "Drive" API, this parameter is no longer taken into account.
Remarks

Possible error cases:

  • The Internet connection is not valid.
  • The authentication was not performed properly.
  • The path of the document does not exist, the format of the document is not supported or the document is too big.

Types of files supported by Google

  • PowerPoint presentation files (ppt and pps extensions). Size limit: 10 MB.
  • HTML files, text files, Word files (doc extension), OpenDocument Text files (odt extension), RTF files, Star Office files (sxw extension): 500 KB.
  • Files corresponding to worksheets (csv, xls and ods extensions): 1 MB.

Special cases

  • The characteristics of a document found on the Google server are managed via the gglDocument variables. To find out the characteristics of all the documents found on a Google server, use <gglConnection variable>.ListDocument: this function fills an array of gglDocument variables.
  • The Web interface is used to:
    • include a document in a folder.
    • give a title to the document.
    • mark the documents as "starred".
    These elements are not managed by programming in this version.
Business / UI classification: Business Logic
Component: wd290ggl.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 24
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Last update: 06/21/2023

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