Asp.Net AjaxFileUpload Control With Drag Drop And Progress Bar

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This Example explains how to use AjaxFileUpload Control With Drag Drop And Progress BarFunctionality In Asp.Net 2.0 3.5 4.0 C# And VB.NET.

May 2012 release of AjaxControlToolkit includes a new AjaxFileUpload Control which supportsMultiple File Upload, Progress Bar and Drag And Drop functionality.

These new features are supported by Google Chrome version 16+, Firefox 8+ , Safari 5+ and Internet explorer 10 + , IE9 or earlier does not support this feature.

To start with it, download and put latest AjaxControlToolkit.dll in Bin folder of application, PlaceToolkitScriptManager and AjaxFileUpload on the page.

HTML SOURCE

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<asp:ToolkitScriptManager ID="ToolkitScriptManager1" runat="server"/>

<asp:AjaxFileUpload ID="AjaxFileUpload1" runat="server" 

                    OnUploadComplete="UploadComplete" 

                    ThrobberID="loader"/>

<asp:Image ID="loader" runat="server" 

           ImageUrl ="~/loading.gif" Style="display:None"/>

ThrobberID is used to display loading image instead of progress bar in unsupported browsers.

Type of files uploaded can be restricted by using AllowedFileTypes property with comma separated list such as "zip,doc,pdf".

Write following code in OnUploadComplete event to save the file.

C#

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1protected void UploadComplete(object sender, AjaxControlToolkit.AjaxFileUploadEventArgs e)

2    {

3        string path = Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/") + e.FileName;

4        AjaxFileUpload1.SaveAs(path);

5    }

VB.NET

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1protected void UploadComplete(object sender, AjaxControlToolkit.AjaxFileUploadEventArgs e)

2    {

3        string path = Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/") + e.FileName;

4        AjaxFileUpload1.SaveAs(path);

5    }

Build and run the code.