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How to get full path using RadAsyncUpload control

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answered on 08 Jul 2010, 03:58 PM

Hello Ravi Kumar,

You cannot obtain the full client path using RadAsyncUpload. Keep in mind that this is the path on the client machine. Why do you need that on the server? The reason that the client path is not available is that only IE 6 & 7 provide the path. All other browsers provide only the file name of the file selected. Since our goal is to achieve consistent behavior across the different browsers we have decided to stick to the behavior that all major browsers follow.

I see that the IntelliSense shows that FileName returns the fully qualified path on the client. We will fix the message displayed by intellisense so that it reflects the actual functionality.

Kind regards,
Genady Sergeev
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answered on 11 May 2011, 03:37 PM

Hi

We have a peculiar requirement for which we need to get the full path of the uploaded files form the async upload. We need to pass the full file path from the client machine to the server, and the server communicates directly to the client through an agent installed in the client system and picks up the files and stored in the server. This actually avoids the limitation of the web content length as we only pass the instruction to the server and the server picks up the files directly from the client through the network.

To achieve this multiple file upload scenario, we have used the async upload control.

Please let me know if there is any way either in the client using javascrips or any other technique from the server side by which we can get the full local path of the file.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Ananth

answered on 16 May 2011, 06:00 PM

Hi Ananth,

Unfortunately, the full path is no longer provided by the browsers due to a security reasons. The only thing we are given is the file name. Only IE6 and IE7 will provide the full name, all other browser will truncate it to:

1) Only file name (Chrome/Safari)
2) C:\fakepath in IE/Opera
3) Full path displayed - FireFox, however, only filename is sent to the server.

Unfortunately there is nothing we can do in order to change this behavior.

Best wishes,
Genady Sergeev
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answered on 20 Jun 2014, 04:43 AM

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I have the same requirement, to get the full client path. I'm using IE8, and the standard file upload control is able to grab the full path. I attached a screen shot of this, I know it works because I'm inserting that path into a database from a web server.

answered on 18 Aug 2015, 04:34 PM

I also have the same requirement also. I can get the Full path using RadUpload or Stand dard Asp.net file upload control. Unfornuately can't get the same result set using RadAsyncUpload. B/c of Due to some security restrictions.

How is possible it works in other 2 controls except RadAsyncUpload? Is there any other work around (i.e. store the Full Path in Session variable etc???) Below is my code declaration. Thanks

function RadUpload1_Selected(sender, args)

{

var upload = $find("<%= RadUpload1.ClientID %>")

var filePath = upload.getFileInputs()[0].value;

var fileName = filePath.substring(filePath.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

alert(filePath);

alert(fileName);

}

function AsyncUpload_Selected(sender, args) {

var currentFileName = args.get_fileName();

alert(currentFileName);

}

<telerik:RadUpload ID="RadUpload1" OnClientFileSelected="RadUpload1_Selected" Width="500px" MaxFileInputsCount="1" MaxFileSize="50971520"

AllowedFileExtensions="csv" ControlObjectsVisibility="RemoveButtons" runat="server" Skin="Silk">

</telerik:RadUpload>

<br />

<telerik:RadAsyncUpload runat="server" ID="RadAsyncUpload1" AllowedFileExtensions="csv" MultipleFileSelection="Disabled"

DisabledPlugins="true" OnClientFileSelected="AsyncUpload_Selected"

MaxFileSize="50971520" Skin="Silk" UploadedFilesRendering="BelowFileInput" >

</telerik:RadAsyncUpload>