RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX
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RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX
Caution

RadUpload has been replaced by RadAsyncUpload, Telerik’s next-generation ASP.NET upload component. If you are considering Telerik’s Upload control for new development, check out the documentation of RadAsyncUpload or the control’s product page. If you are already using RadUpload in your projects, you may be interested in reading how easy the transition to RadAsyncUpload is and how you can benefit from it in this blog post. The official support for RadUpload will be discontinued in June 2013 (Q2’13), although it will still be available in the suite. We deeply believe that RadAsyncUpload can better serve your upload needs and we kindly ask you to transition to it to make sure you take advantage of its support and the new features we constantly add to it.

To migrate a Web application from RadUpload "Classic" to RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX you need to follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you have installed ASP.NET AJAX. Info can be found at http://ajax.asp.net/docs/InstallingASPNETAJAX.aspx

  2. If your web application is not using ASP.NET AJAX you need to configure it to do so. Detailed instructions can be found at http://ajax.asp.net/docs/ConfiguringASPNETAJAX.aspx (Look for the topic called "Adding ASP.NET AJAX Configuration Elements to an Existing Web Site".)

  3. Add a ScriptManager control to the page (or user control) in which you want to add any RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />If your page is a content page you can add the ScriptManager control in your master page. For further details about the ScriptManager control, see http://ajax.asp.net/docs/overview/ScriptManagerOverview.aspx.

  4. Drag and drop a control from the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX package or manually copy the Telerik.Web.UI.dll in the Bin folder.

  5. Replace the classic RadUpload directive<%@ Register Namespace="Telerik.WebControls" TagPrefix="radu" Assembly="RadUpload.Net2"%>with the new one of RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX:<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>

  6. Replace the classic RadUpload's declaration:<radu:radupload id="RadUpload1" runat="server"/>with the new RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX declaration:<telerik:radupload id="RadUpload1" runat="server"/>

  7. Change the registration of the RadUploadHttpModule and RadUploadProgressHandler in the Web.config file if you have registered them before.

Differences between RadUpload "classic" and RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX

Due to the migration of the RadUpload control to the ASP.NET Ajax framework and to the Telerik.Web.UI suite, the client-side API is completely changed to match the naming convention of the new framework.

Server-side API changes

There are no changes in the names in the server-side API of the control.

Removed methods:

  • MoveTo() method has been removed.

Event handlers

The signature for client-side events has been unified, so that all event handlers have at most two arguments:

  1. The first argument (sender) points to the client instance of the object firing the event.

  2. The second argument (eventArgs) is a holder for the old arguments passed in the respective handler.

As a result of this change, several client-side arguments have been replaced by methods on the eventArgs argument, as shown in the table below:

 

RadUpload Classic

RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX

ProgressBarElement

get_progressBarElement()

ProgressValue

get_progressValue()

Row

get_row()

FileInputField

get_fileInputField()

FileInputFields

get_fileInputFields()

ProgressData

get_progressData()

To cancel an event (which can be cancelled) you now call "set_cancel(true)" on the eventArgs argument instead of returning false from the event handler:

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function ClientSubmitting(sender, eventArgs) { eventArgs.set_cancel(true); }

RadUpload object

The following table lists the changes to the methods of the RadUpload client object:

 

RadUpload Classic

RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX

Methods

AddFileInput()

addFileInput()

ClearFileInputAt()

clearFileInputAt()

DeleteFileInputAt()

deleteFileInputAt()

DeleteSelectedFileInputs()

deleteSelectedFileInputs()

GetFileInputs()

getFileInputs()

GetID()

getID()

ValidateExtensions()

validateExtensions()

RadProgressManager object

The following table lists the changes to the methods of the RadProgressManager client object:

 

RadUpload Classic

RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX

Methods

StartProgressPolling()

startProgressPolling()

RadProgressArea object

The following table lists the changes to the methods of the RadProgressArea client object:

 

RadUpload Classic

RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX

Methods

CancelRequest()

cancelRequest()

Show()

show()

Hide()

hide()

Update()

update()

UpdateHorizontalProgressBar()

updateHorizontalProgressBar()

UpdateVerticalProgressBar()

updateVerticalProgressBar()

New Rendering

RadUpload for ASP.NET AJAX has a completely different rendering from that of the classic RadUpload control. The new rendering provides easier modification in the appearance of the control. However, it is not compatible with the rendering of the classic RadUpload.

Caution

If your application contains code that modifies the DOM elements of the classic RadUpload, this code must be completely rewritten so that it is compatible with the new rendering.

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