i want to retrieve the path of file being uploaded by FileUpload control. i have tried FileIpload1.FileName and FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName but both of these statements return only file name and not the path (in mozilla firefox).
Thanx
Since the FileUpload is a server-side control, it does not have any property that returns complete file name and file path. To get the file path from the browser, you'll have to use javascript. Here's an example:
<form id="Form1" action="" method="post">
<input type="file" />
<input type="button" onclick="alert(this.previousSibling.value);"
value="select file and press the button" />
However, browsers never reveal the original path of the file from the client side - not even to JavaScript. So all you might get is: C:\fakepath\ + your file name
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I need to submit this form (preferrebly using cURL):
<form method="post" action="results.asp" name=FrontPage_Form1 onSubmit="return true">
<input name="regno" size="7" maxlength=7>
<input type="submit" name="B1" size="15" value="Submit">
</form>
This form is on a website and works well there, redirects to page http:website//results.asp and shows the information.
BUT if I download this html form and open it in my local browser and submit, it does not work
the results.asp page says 'Access denied' in html page generated by the asp page.
Additional information:
- when the html page is on the same server: entering a wrong 'regno' results in a page which says exactly that
- Upon opening this form locally, it always says, access denied.
Please let me know if any of this is not clear.
If you open an html file into your local browser and then try to post to another page without the full URL, then it will look in the same directory for that file, which I imagine doesn't exist since you don't have access to it. You need to enter the full path in the form action, like so:
<form method="post" action="http://www.resultsserver.com/results.asp" name=FrontPage_Form1 onSubmit="return true">
In my ASP.NET web form, I'm trying to customize my File Upload panel. What I do is simply put an HTML input button and a textbox. And there's a hidden HTML file upload control. When user clicks on the button, file select window appears, when user selects the file, the value is written to the visible textbox.
It's all good so far. But I'm having a problem while trying to attach the selected file to email in code page.
Here's the HTML markup:
<asp:ImageButton ID="clickme" runat="server" ImageUrl="Images/browse.png" OnClientClick="$('#uploadme').click(); return false;" />
<input id="uploadme" name="uploadme" type="file" style="visibility: hidden;" onchange="CopyMe(this, 'txtFileName');" />
<input id="txtFileName" type="text" name="txtFileName" readonly="readonly" class="file-path" />
And the JS (I use this in order to copy the file name only and write it into txtFileName just to show to user):
<script type="text/javascript">
function CopyMe(oFileInput, sTargetID) {
var arrTemp = oFileInput.value.split('\\');
document.getElementById(sTargetID).value = arrTemp[arrTemp.length - 1];
}
And the CSS:
input[type=file] { width: 1px; }
I'm using the below code in my .cs file to get the file attributes:
HttpPostedFile file = Request.Files["uploadme"]
But I kept on getting null value. So after some research, I've learnt that my form has to use enctype="multipart/form-data" property. Since my .aspx file is under a master page file, I added this property to the form in my master page file. Now Request.Files["uploadme"] is not null but its file name is empty string and its ContentLength is 0.
I'm unable to understand what might be the source to this issue. If it's because of using Master Page's form, I can't add a form to my child page because it says a page can have only 1 form. I don't know if I could use JavaScript for uploading because I need to email the file after uploading so I don't know how to get the file after I upload via JS.
How can I solve this problem? It could be one way or another, all I need is a stylized upload panel and to e-mail file after uploading.
You're using a master page and I'm presuming that you are using .net 2.0 or greater. If that's the case, use a FileUpload control (you can still hide it using CSS). Using the FileUpload control means you won't need the enctype attribute (although you shouldn't generate any problems having it there).
This all being said, I don't believe to you copy values into file type fields and have documents upload. This would be a MAJOR security flaw as a website could potentially upload files from your machine without your knowledge.
I want to open file dialog on click of a button in asp.net without using file upload control. Is there a way to do this?
You could use HTML directly if you don't like server controls: <input type="file" name="foo" />
The only way to open a browse dialog (short of using from client side plugin, such as a Java Applet) is to use the file type input:
<input type="file" name="somename" />
This is what the FileUpload control renders.
If you don't want to use that control, you can just use the direct HTML element.
Each browser will render this slightly differently though.
I want to upload a file on my aspx page.
I am using
<form id="frmId" method="post" enctype="Multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" id="file1"/>
<input type="submit" id="btnsubmit"/>
</form>
and in code behind I am trying to get this file. Its not letting me to get the file until I use server side input file control. I don't want to use runat="server" attribute with my file control.
Do anyone know how to do this.
Have you tried the Request.Files collection?
You can not access control on server side code with out runat="server" attribute.
I want to upload a file using asp.net so I do not want to post back the page while uploading . How can I do that and is there any way to do it using Ajax .
Make the file upload form target a hidden iframe.
<iframe name="UploadTarget" style="display:none"></iframe>
<form target="UploadTarget" action="postfile" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="MyFile">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send me a file">
</form>
The final trick is to add to your response page:
<script type="text/javascript">parent.somecallbackfunction("Here is some data")</script>
To let your parent page ( the one containing the hidden iframe) know that the the file upload has completed.
An iframe can be placed on your page and can contain an input element, type=file. You can manipulate and submit the iframe form via javascript. You can hide the iframe by setting its CSS style to display:none. This is generally known as the hidden iframe method.
Use something proven like SWFUpload and save yourself the time of writing your own client code.