Hello fellow coders. Would anyone offer tips, links, code snippets on how to browse to a file folder from within an ASP.NET 3.5 web application and list the folder contents within a ListView?
Regards, Rey R. [neophyte web application developer]
A:
I assume you mean at the client? In which case, using regular methods you are limited to the <input type="file"/> and whatever that does in your user's browser.
Beyond that, you need additional tools; for example, flash or Silverlight - which would allow access, but even that may be sand-boxed for security.
You certainly can't list the user's files from the server.
Marc Gravell
2009-06-30 20:18:46
Yes, that's right; the user will have to be able to list files on a local desktop folder. Security is not an issue (for now).Silverlight or Flash? Don't know Flash but have started to teach myself Silverlight. I will look into that avenue. Regards,Rey
Rey
2009-06-30 20:48:27