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Select a file under the Portal root

7/1/2008 6:37 AM

Simon Holman

expeed.com.au
Joined: 1/6/2006

Posts: 50

Select a file under the Portal root

I want to be able to select a file from somewhere under the portals root directory and store the path in a textbox.

What's the easiest way to create a File Selector? I would like kind of like an file upload browse option but for the server, not the client.

7/1/2008 8:29 AM

Will Strohl

https://upendoventures.com
Joined: 3/1/2005

Posts: 2884

Re: Select a file under the Portal root

Creating a file selector that browses the root directory is a bit of a security issue. That is why there is the file system "sandbox" in the Portals directory. The reason is, that such a file selector would have full control over all of those files. This also presents a usability problem for inexperienced users. I am fairly certain that you are going to write this yourself. If you stick to the main classes in the System.IO namespace, such a tool should be pretty simple to write.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io(VS.80).aspx

Will Strohl

Upendo Ventures
DNN experts since 2003
Official provider of the Hotcakes Commerce Cloud and SLA support

7/2/2008 8:57 AM

Simon Holman

expeed.com.au
Joined: 1/6/2006

Posts: 50

Re: Select a file under the Portal root

I'm talking about the portal root ie /Portals/0 directory and below, not the installation root directory.

7/2/2008 9:27 PM

Will Strohl

https://upendoventures.com
Joined: 3/1/2005

Posts: 2884

Re: Select a file under the Portal root

Ah! I got it! You can use the URL Control from the DNN Core like so:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="URL" Src="~/controls/URLControl.ascx" %>

<dnn:url id="ctlFileBrowser" runat="server" width="250"
    shownewwindow="False"
    showusers="False"
    ShowFiles="True"
    Required="True"
    ShowLog="False"
    ShowTrack="False"
    ShowUrls="False"
    ShowTabs="False" />

Will Strohl

Upendo Ventures
DNN experts since 2003
Official provider of the Hotcakes Commerce Cloud and SLA support

7/3/2008 11:44 PM

Simon Holman

expeed.com.au
Joined: 1/6/2006

Posts: 50

Re: Select a file under the Portal root

Will

This is what I'm after.

Is there any documentation on this control anywhere? I can't seem to find any.

Thanks

Simon

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