Catching The Value of the Selected Item(s)

[AHIS - FLJAC Master License Account]

I am using a C# code behind page, and have written some custom buttons with OnClick events on that code behind page. I simply need to determine which items are selected in the FileExplorer so that I can pass the value of the File Name(s) to a Microsoft SQL Database. Can you tell me how to find the file names of the selected files? Thank you.

[Marin Bratanov]

Hello!

This can be achieved with a small JavaScript function. The basic steps are:

• get a reference to the FileExplorer ($find("<%= RadFileExplorer1.ClientID %>") for example)
• get the selected items with the get_selectedItems() method
• iterate through the array and get each item's path via its get_path() method
• et the file name with the lastIndexOf() and substring() methods
• apply your logic (directly send it to the database, send it to the server first, etc)
• attach the function to a comfortable event (an onclick for a button or any other depending on your scenario).

More information on the subject is available in this Knowledge base article. Another related scenario is covered in this article.

The reason I am first offering you a JavaScript solution is that with respect to performance most of the functionality of the FileExplorer is on the client-side. Alternatively you can modify the example project in the first Knowledge Base article to fit your needs.

Best wishes,
Marin
the Telerik team

[AHIS - FLJAC Master License Account]

Thank you very much. This was very helpful!