Can a user select and upload more than one file at a time in asp.net?

Question

I made a website for a friend and he uploads a lot of pictures, around 20k per month. And sadly, I made it so he has to upload 1 at a time, because when they are uploaded they are renamed, attached to a group id and watermarked. Is there a way to allow him to select all 20 in a group and have them be uploaded and processed?

I've looked into a couple of way to do it, mostly flash, and that will not work since we are renaming and added the newly created name to the db.

Adding addition upload controls is not a solution.

If we need to make a desktop application that does the uploading, that is alright as well, but we'd like to keep it all in the asp.net environment.

Answer 1

I have used swfupload for flash-based uploads many times. I don't see why that would stop you from renaming and/or adding the uploaded files to a database, either. Once the file is on the server, you can do anything you like.