Karthik Ulaganathan
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Karthik Ulaganathan
asked on 05 Feb 2010, 10:31 PM
Hi,
We are trying to implement a drag and drop functionality in our web application. I am just curious is there a way to drag the folders\files in the desktop of a windows PC to our web application. If this is not directly possible, Is there a way we can assign a folder
path to tree view\grid in side our web path. so that we can simulate this with in our web app.
Thanks & Regards,
Karthik.
We are trying to implement a drag and drop functionality in our web application. I am just curious is there a way to drag the folders\files in the desktop of a windows PC to our web application. If this is not directly possible, Is there a way we can assign a folder
path to tree view\grid in side our web path. so that we can simulate this with in our web app.
Thanks & Regards,
Karthik.
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Vesko
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answered on 09 Feb 2010, 10:00 AM
You can have a look at the RadFileExplorer control.
Alternatively you can check the new drag and drop support in Silverlight 4 (Telerik does support it already)
Alternatively you can check the new drag and drop support in Silverlight 4 (Telerik does support it already)
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Karthik Ulaganathan
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answered on 12 Feb 2010, 08:48 PM
Hi Sean ...
Thanks much for your reply!
i) The 'Silverlight 4' option would be Great! But, our application doesn't use silverrlight and we have also decided that the end users shouldn't have the need to install any plugins to achieve this drag and drop. So, we can't go ahead with this as of now.
ii) Regarding the 'RadFileExplorer ' control, I have seen this and even tested it already in my machine. It is fine with moving the documents in the serevr side, as shown in this example. But, Is there a method to get the file/data from the client's PC (i.e., Windows File System) using this control ? Is Yes, can you please share such an example ?
Awaiting your reply ..
Thanks & Regards,
Karthik.
Thanks much for your reply!
i) The 'Silverlight 4' option would be Great! But, our application doesn't use silverrlight and we have also decided that the end users shouldn't have the need to install any plugins to achieve this drag and drop. So, we can't go ahead with this as of now.
ii) Regarding the 'RadFileExplorer ' control, I have seen this and even tested it already in my machine. It is fine with moving the documents in the serevr side, as shown in this example. But, Is there a method to get the file/data from the client's PC (i.e., Windows File System) using this control ? Is Yes, can you please share such an example ?
Awaiting your reply ..
Thanks & Regards,
Karthik.
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Schlurk
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answered on 16 Feb 2010, 02:57 PM
I believe that this is not possible due to the security risks that can be exposed allowing a browser to access the client's file system. In order to gain this sort of access you will most likely have to have the user download some sort of plug-in since this isn't supported out-of-the-box with browsers (at least I don't think it is). Since all Telerik controls are non-invasive (clients do not have to download anything) I don't think you'll be able to use the controls to access the client's file system.
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Vesko
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answered on 16 Feb 2010, 02:57 PM
Regarding RadFileExplorer - I do not believe this is possible due to security reasons. The browser cannot access your file system that easy.