Upload a folder in ASP.NET of Flash or Silverlight

Question

Dear all

Is there any way to upload entire folder (a folder) in asp.net?

Is there any way to upload in Flash or Silverlight?

Answer 1

AFAIK, you cannot upload an entire folder (in flash at least). You can upload a single file using the FileReference class in flash.

Answer 2

You can use Flash (and probably Silverlight) to select all the files in a folder to upload, however you cannot select a folder or recurse folders.

Here is an exmaple that uses flash as the visual front end: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/FlashUpload.aspx

Here is an example that uses flash for the multiple file upload by uses JQuery for the visuals: http://www.uploadify.com/demo/

In order to achieve selecting folders you will need to build an ActiveX control or Java Applet which has a lot more control over the operating system.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, you can't upload entire folders using Silverlight, Flash, or HTML 5.

You should use Java/ActiveX to achieve it (ex. uploader from aurigma):