Questions tagged [httppostedfile]
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HttpPostedFile.FileName - Different from IE
When I upload a file to a site using the ASP:File control the FileName property is different in IE and Firefox. In Firefox, it just provides the name of the file, but IE provides the full path to the file.
I have worked around this by adding the…

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What is the shortest way to get the string content of a HttpPostedFile in C#
I have an HttpPostedFile object and just need to extract the content of the posted file.
I found this link but that's a very long process to just obtain a string with the content.
Is there any shorter way? (Preferably, a one line instruction.)

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C# - I cannot reference HttpPostedFileBase
I am using MVC .NET in a distributed environment with CSLA and I can reference HttpPostedFileBase from one of my web layers (eg Website.MVC), but I cannot reference HttpPostedFileBase from a separate layer (lets call it OtherLayer.Web).
Any idea…

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Getting "Cannot access a closed file" errormessage when getting file from session
I have a asp.net FileUpload control.
I can successfully upload file to store in session, but when I am tring to get its inputstream
(I'm store file in HttpPosterFile) I'm getting error
Cannot access a closed file
tr.PostedFile //<==…

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FileUpload Contol not showing posted files
I am trying to upload multiple files on an aspx page using one FileUpload control. I've set the control to allow for multiple files:
Now, on the click of a button I…

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Maintain order of selected files in FileUpload with AllowMultiple=true
I have an control with the property AllowMultiple set to true:

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Getting the original files create date upon upload
We have a process in place that uploads files to our website. It has become important to the users to be able to see when those files were created. I'm looking for a way to extract the original create date from the HttpPostedFile. If anyone has…
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Upload file in ASP.NET MVC (Again!)
I have a problem with uploading file in asp.net mvc 2.
My controller function's parameter is a FormCollection type. Because the fields are too numerous, I can't separate each field as a parameter. I have 2 upload file fields in my form. How can I…

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Invalid Cast Exception in HttpFileCollection
I have an extension method below, but when I run this, the foreach gives me InvalidCastException and it says *
Unable to cast object of type
'System.String' to type
'System.Web.HttpPostedFile'.
Code :
public static List…

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Moq'ing HttpPostedFile for 3rd Party API
I'm building a custom module by extending ActiveSocial for DotNetNuke and using ActiveSocial's API that I have no control over... and I'm trying to unit test my code (using C#).
In using this API - I can save images to AmazonS3 by calling their…

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Java library for reading multipart/form-data http body containing multiple files
Basically, the following is what the format of data look like (it should follow HTTP standard format)
Content-Type: multipart/form-data;…

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File is locked after HttpPostedFile SaveAs(LocationOnServer)
I have an aspx webpage that uses as handler to save uploaded files via swfupload I am saving the file on the server like this:
HttpPostedFile uploadedFile = Request.Files["Filedata"];
uploadedFile.SaveAs(LocationOnServer);
the problem is that after…

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ASP.NET MVC passing Model *together* with files back to controller
Ok, I've been going at this for several hours and I simply cannot find the solution.
I want to get some data from my user. So first, I use a controller to create a view which receives a Model:
public ViewResult CreateArticle()
{
Article…

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Edit View Model Binding with HttpPostedFile
I have a ViewModel:
public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
public string Notes { get; set; }
In the Create view, I have an that binds the HttpPostedFile to the model. So far, so good.
My problem…

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How should i save a HttpPostedFile
Situation, a user MAY upload a file and MAY trigger the spam filter. If it does trigger the spam filter i save all the post data and show a captcha. If the 'bot' doesnt succeed by the time the session times out the HttpPostedFile data (which…
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