Community Forum - Attaching Files

[Garnett.Robert]

 

To the keeper of the community forum.

Hi

I tried to attach a small test project written with STM32CubeIDE. I tried it as a zip, but that was not allowed. The advisory for the file attachment wrote that .tar files were allowed. 

I used 7zip to make a tarball, of 9.3 MBytes. It seemed to upload; progress bar etc, then disallowed the tarball.

The post i wished to attach the file to was:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-products/stm32-cubeide-how-to-set-values-in-dtcm-to-non-zero-values-using/m-p/724368#M261855

We were able to upload such files in he old version of the forum, why not now? Is it a security issue or what?

Is there a work-around?

It is quite frustrating. Simple problems can be articulated with code snippets etc in the body of the posts, but having a working complete working program  enable users to work through the code in its entirety and see the context of the code within the project.

Kind Regards

Rob

[TDK]

Yep, we're all annoyed with it too. ST says its due to "security concerns" but that doesn't resonate with anyone else. *.7z or *.rar will work.

Please support .zip attachments - STMicroelectronics Community

[Andrew Neil]

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@TDK wrote:

ST says its due to "security concerns" but that doesn't resonate with anyone else.

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Indeed.

In fact, I think you can just rename a .zip file to .7z and the forum will take it!

[Garnett.Robert]

Security concerns???

I suppose we could all go back to the abacus and just give up on modern computers altogether.  I will give .rar a go next time.  I use rar for my zipping, I even paid for a copy. I prefer the interface to the others.

I've got a project for the STM32H7B3I with TouchGFX, working Inventek WiFi, syncing and setting of  the RTC with internet time, fancy memory allocation and task monitoring and a whole host of other goodies like printfDMA,  for the virtual comm port that I wanted to share, but they closed down the "my inventions" branch of the forum or whatever it was called.  I asked about it, and they advised it was on the list of things to do. Yehh! Right!

I am thinking of setting up a web site for people to enable people to download my stuff.  Before I post it I will do a virus scan on it.

I don't want to use Drop Box or the Microsoft cloud thingy as they are too expensive and in Microsoft's case, well its in the name.

Kind regards

Rob

[TDK]

Github is a good way to share projects.

The old "my inventions" part of the forum was clunky and very undercooked. No big loss IMO. You can also make a post to share stuff, but it can kind of get lost in the mix as all posts do eventually.

[Laurids_PETERSEN · Accepted solution]

Hello @Garnett.Robert,

I'm pleased to let you know that you can upload .zip files on the ST community. We know this has been a pain point for our members, especially given that .7z and .rar was allowed.

Best regards,
Laurids   

[Andrew Neil]

See also: https://community.st.com/t5/feedback-forum/please-support-zip-attachments/td-p/580074

[Garnett.Robert]

Hi Laurids,

Thankyou for that.

Kind regards

Rob