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Leema
Leema

Reputation: 97

Get the full path from a file upload

When I'm using the file upload control I just get only the file name, but I want to get the full path of the file location.

How do I get the full path from the file upload control in ASP.NET?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 10394

Answers (4)

RameshVel
RameshVel

Reputation: 65867

If you are using the ASP.NET upload control, on client side you can get the full path like the following.

   document.getElementById('UploadControl').value

On the server side,

  UploadControl.PostedFile.FileName

Check the MSDN article HttpPostedFile.FileName Property for more information.

Upvotes: 0

Aman
Aman

Reputation: 1455

I think you got file path of the upload control

HttpPostedFile httpBrowseFile = FileUpload1.PostedFile;
int FileLength = httpBrowseFile.ContentLength;
byte[] myData = new byte[FileLength];

httpBrowseFile.InputStream.Read(myData, 0, FileLength);
FName = path + FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName.Substring(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName.LastIndexOf('\\') + 1);

Upvotes: -2

Karel Petranek
Karel Petranek

Reputation: 15154

You cannot get it because the browser does not send it. It would be dangerous if the browsers sent the full path at user's system.

Upvotes: 1

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 498914

This is not possible in any browser, as a security measure.

If this were possible, an attacker could gain information regarding how files/folders were structured on a client computer.

Why do you need this information?

Upvotes: 6

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