Dear Support,

I am trying to implement FIleExplorer in my application using the DBContentProvider sample.
I was finding it difficult to get around the Handler.ashx class.

This class is suppose to receive HTTP request from the client and process it in our custom logic. But as per Microsoft's Documentation on Handler class, they are supposed to be Marked in the Web.Config within the httphandlers tag, to make it work. I do not see any such implementation in our web.config. So how does it work then, and also as per them, it can be debugged. But in your demo, i have put breakpoints in all the methods. But none of them get hit while running your sample.

Can you please suggest me with a sample if possible as how does it work and if it can be debugged.

Hi Amarjyoti,

In your case I recommend you check these help articles that explain in details how to use Generic Handlers (.ashx files)

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb398986.aspx
• http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/ASP/Generic_Handlers_%28ASHX_Files%29.html
• http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/09/19/4450.aspx
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/web-image/thumbnailer.aspx

This example works out of the box and you can debug the code inside the handler as well. You do not need to perform any extra steps in order to make the example to work. A simplified version of the same example is attached to this code library.


Greetings,
Fiko
the Telerik team