FileUpload component does not work

[flbos]

Hi all,

I'm new to ASP and I'm working on a project based on ASP and VB.NET. I want to use the FileUpload component on my website but I am not able to do so. I use Visual studio .NET 2003.

The FileUpload component is not in my list of Web form components (design view). If I switch to html-mode and add the FileUpload component by adding:
"<asp:FileUpload ID="fileUpEx" runat="server"></asp:FileUpload>"

then Visual Studio indicates:
"the active schema does not support the element asp:FileUpload"

when compiling I get a Parser Error on the "<asp:FileUpload ID="fileUpEx" runat="server"></asp:FileUpload>" code line

What is going wrong? Do I need to add a certain reference to be able to use this component? Or is it something else?

Thanks!!

 

[ca8msm]

The FileUpload control was only introduced in version 2.0 of the framework. You are using version 1.1.



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[flbos]

Thank you for the fast response! This means that I can't use the FileUpload control at all I guess?

But what would then be the best method to handle a file upload?

Thanks!

 

[ca8msm]

This means that I can't use the FileUpload control at all I guess?

That is correct.

But what would then be the best method to handle a file upload?

You will have to use a standard HTML element e.g. <input id="File1" type="file" />


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[flbos]

Thanks, I understand that the only alternative would be to use a standard HTML element but my concern is how to handle the file upload after the form is submit.

I need to open the file, read it line by line and based on the information on the file add or edit records in a mysql database. I would prefer to do this from my VB.NET code. But is this possible when I use the standard HTML inut element? How would I approach the uploaded file from VB.net in this scenario?

 

[ca8msm]

You should still be able to use the Request.Files collection.


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[flbos]

Thanks, I try to use that collection but it does not (yet) work for me. I use this form on my page:

<form id="Form2" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<INPUT id="Testfile" style="Z-INDEX: 107; LEFT: 344px; WIDTH: 240px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 104px; HEIGHT: 24px" type="file">
<button type="submit" name="test" value="test" style="Z-INDEX: 108; LEFT: 240px; WIDTH: 96px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 208px; HEIGHT: 24px">test</button>
</form>

In my VB.NET code I try to catch the uploaded file (and save it to C:\ for this test):

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Put user code to initialize the page here
Dim f As String
Dim file
For Each f In Request.Files.AllKeys
file = Request.Files(f)
file.SaveAs("c:\" & file.FileName)
Next f
End Sub

But this does not work. I also tried it with adding ' runat="server"' for the the form tag but that also did not work..

Anyone an idea why the above solution (with or without runat="server") doesn't work?

 

[ca8msm]

Actually, if you are just uploading the one file, an easier method is to add runat="server" to the input tag and then you can just access the object directly e.g.

<input id="File1" type="file" runat="server" />

File1.PostedFile.SaveAs(Server.MapPath(File1.PostedFile.FileName))

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[flbos]

thanks I didn't include runat="server" for the input tag, that was the problem. The shorter way of getting the file is also very nice

thanks again