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[14:50:12 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> there is no way
[14:51:14 CDT(-0500)] <cwaymire> The portlet (Attachments) will always be there. It will basically be a hidden div on the page. An interaction in another portlet will cause a lightbox to display allowing the user to select a file to upload via a multipart POST.
[14:51:51 CDT(-0500)] <cwaymire> but I need to know who the user was that submitted the upload.
[14:52:13 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah they would need to visit the portlet first