[Solved] Multiple file selection does not work

[Sean]

Any Idea why Multiple file selection does not work and i can only select one file?

It supposed to work as it's mentioned in the product feature, what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/upload

Telerik Upload for ASP.NET MVC Key Features

• Asynchronous and synchronous (on form submit) file upload
• Multiple file selection
• Progress tracking *
• Drag and drop *
• Cancelling upload in progress *
• Removing uploaded files
• Seventeen built-in themes
• Client API and event handling
• Localization
• Standards based, no plug-ins required

[Monika]

Hi,

I'm not sure in which browser you tested but it doesn't work in IE.
According to this post: http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-mvc/upload/multiple-uploads-in-ie-9.aspx:
"This is expected as IE does not support multiple file selection in the browse dialog."

It's also noted here: http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-mvc/telerik-ui-components-upload-supported-browsers.html

Kind regards,
Monika

[Sean]

Hi,

I use IE 8 to test and it works fine for the asp.net or silverlight but this Telerik MVC Upload component, it looks it's not supported by MVC upload component, by the way i tested with firefox and same thing!

Thanks.

[Chris]

I am using IE8 as well, and cannot get it to work.   This is the 4th Upload component I've tried, and the others all supported multiple selection in IE8 so it's not that the browser doesn't allow it.   It's the implementation of the component.

Chris.

[T. Tsonev]

Hi,

Internet Explorer lacks native support for multiple file selection. Other upload components rely on either Flash or Silverlight to enable this feature.

We've chosen not to use any plug-ins because they cause severe problems on their own. Therefore multiple file upload is limited to one file at a time in these browsers.

Please see the "Supported features" table for more details.

Apologies for the caused inconvenience.

All the best,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

[Chris]

Ah ok that explains it. Thanks for the correction!

[Dipten]

Hi Tsvetomir,

If IE lacks native support for multiple file selection, then how dows Telerik AsyncUpload (AJAX) supports multiple file upload for IE. I tested both MVC Extension and AsyncUpload AJAX demo links in the same IE 8 browser and the later one allows user to select multiple files in the browser dialog!

Demo Links:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/asyncupload/examples/multiplefileselection/defaultcs.aspx
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/razor/upload?theme=vista

Is there any workaround?

Thanks in advance.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 RadAsyncUpload relies on a plugin (Silverlight or Flash) for uploading files and performing multiple selection. More info can be found here.

 The MVC upload does not rely on plugins and is limited by the browser capabilities.

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team