How to upload Corel Draw files in OpenCart? - upload

Question

Customers in my OpenCart store had requested the feature to upload Corel Draw files (.cdr) from product page by using the Upload File option. This is a file type extension that is not supported by default, and I am yet unable to incorporate it. What I've done so far:
In System > Settings > Server, I included cdr and CDR under Allowed File Extensions. Additionally, I've put all the MIME types I could find for Allowed File Mime Types:
application/cdr
application/coreldraw
application/x-cdr
application/x-coreldraw
application/vnd.corel-draw
image/cdr
image/CDR
image/x-cdr
image/x-coreldraw
zz-application/zz-winassoc-cdr
Unfortunately, OpenCart would still return "Invalid Extension Type" when I try to upload a Corel Draw X6 cdr file. I also tried to incorporate .torrent files (using the same approach - just for a test - and it worked), so I believe the answer to uploading .cdr files is close.

Answer 1

If you want to do it via the file manager in the admin backend you could make the following vqmod script and save it in your xml folder... this will allow you to add the cdr files into your site for dowload or for linking or anything via your file manager...
<modification>
<id>CDR File Uploader</id>
<version>1.2</version>
<vqmver>2.1.5</vqmver>
<author>Jeremy Fisk</author>
<file name="admin/controller/common/filemanager.php">
<operation>
<search position="before"><![CDATA[if (isset($this->request->get['image'])) {]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[$ext = strrchr($this->request->get['image'], '.');
if(strtolower($ext) == '.cdr') {
$this->request->get['image'] = 'cdr_icon.png';
}]]></add>
</operation>
<operation>
<search position="after"><![CDATA['.jpg',]]></search>
<add><![CDATA['.cdr',]]></add>
</operation>
<operation error="skip"><!-- 1.5.0.x - 1.5.1.2 only -->
<search position="replace"><![CDATA[$this->model_tool_image->resize(substr($file, strlen(DIR_IMAGE)), 100, 100)]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[(strtolower($ext) == '.cdr') ? $this->model_tool_image->resize('pdf_icon.png', 100, 100) : $this->model_tool_image->resize(substr($file, strlen(DIR_IMAGE)), 100, 100)]]></add>
</operation>
<operation error="skip"><!-- 1.5.1.3 only -->
<search position="replace"><![CDATA[$this->model_tool_image->resize(utf8_substr($file, strlen(DIR_IMAGE)), 100, 100)]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[(strtolower($ext) == '.cdr') ? $this->model_tool_image->resize('pdf_icon.png', 100, 100) : $this->model_tool_image->resize(utf8_substr($file, strlen(DIR_IMAGE)), 100, 100)]]></add>
</operation>
<operation>
<search position="replace"><![CDATA[300000]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[3000000]]></add>
</operation>
<operation>
<search position="after"><![CDATA['image/jpeg',]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[ 'application/octet-stream',]]></add>
</operation>
</file>
<file name="admin/language/english/common/filemanager.php">
<operation>
<search position="replace"><![CDATA[300kb]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[3MB]]></add>
</operation>
</file>
This will also increase your upload limit in the file manager n opencart to 3Mb (used to be 300Kb)
You will need to save a png file of a cdr icon in your default image location (called
"cdr_icon.png")
I hope this little script helps
Cheers
Jeremy

Answer 2

I tried all the above but its not working. The latest OpenCart 1.5.6.x Versions don't allow anything except image files to be uploaded through image manager. "All file Types" extension (its a paid extension) worked. However you need to set correct MIME type of coral files application/cdr