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  hananjameel

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  fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Nov 30, 2010 09:57 AM|LINK

  Hello All,

  I have got such a weird problem whenever I try to read the fullpath from the file uploader control whether Asp or Html, no difference , got same results for both, the full path starts with C:\\fakepath, I don't know how this path came out,

  I tried System.Io.Path.GetFullPath(fileUpload.PostedFile,Filename); I got c:\\windows\\system32....

  I put the uploader and other controls in aspx page [Content Holder] linked to a master page which uses Ajax & Rad controls..

  
  

  What makes it weirder that it worked for me on separate application, no ajax, no master, just nothing other than the uploader + submit button controls.

  Any Idea of what I am going through ...!

  Hanan

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  dasari_uday104

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 01, 2010 03:58 AM|LINK

  Hi,

       Use this to get the pathe of the folder to move file to that folder
  

  
  

  String path = HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "foldername//";

  
  

  save file as

  
  

  FileUpload1.PostedFile.SaveAs(path+"uploaed file name");

  Please click 'Mark as Answer' if my reply has assisted you
  
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  Uday Kiran.D
  
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  hananjameel

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 01, 2010 05:58 AM|LINK

  Thanks for the reply, i do appreciate it, but I got from the line of code shown below the path of the application,

  I don't wanna save the file, all I want is to read the file and save into XMLDocument and send it to the DB, that is why 

  I need the Full path of the file which is selected by the User through the File Uploader.

  HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath.ToString();

  
  

  Anyways, I read so many blogs about this problem, and all confirmed that it is not a code-related problem, it is all about the IE browser, and they

  recommended the following solution:

  http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=576ded691a02adfd&hl=en  

  • Go to Internet Explorer -> Tools ->Internet Option -> Security -> Custom;
  • Look for "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server" Option, and click on "Enable"

  For me it worked, but what a solution, how we can expect the end user to do so, we should give him/her a HINT, this will help me a little bit

  because I am working on an Internal website used by OUR firm, Hope we can find out something else..!

  
  

  Thanks anyways,

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 03, 2010 05:06 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  FireFox and chrome can not get the full client file path because of the security. To my own opinion, I think it is no necessary to get the the client path to server.

  If you want to do this, you can consider to use javascript:

  <script language=javascript>
  
  
          function GetFilePath()
          {
               var uploadFileControl = document.getElementById('<%=FileUpload1.ClientID%>');
                var filePath = filePath.value;
          }
  
  
  </script>
  

  
  Hope this can help you.  

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  hananjameel

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 07, 2010 09:28 AM|LINK

  Thanks for the reply, I tried it, but even still showing me C:\fakepath.. damn it 

  even when we deployed the site, trying to enable "include windows local path" from the IE8, but on the server, it didn't work at all... still googling.. what an issue!

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  aren

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 07, 2010 10:24 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  You can make use of System.IO.FileInfo class which you can use to resolve ur issue

  System.IO.FileInfo fn = new FileInfo(FileUpload1.FileName);
    Response.Write(fn.FullName);
  

  
  fn.FullName will give you physical address of a provided file.

  Hope that will help you
  

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  kratos_Vimal

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 07, 2010 10:37 AM|LINK

  Why don't you try and read the path through javascript code

  You said you just wanted the path then try it onclick of the upload control or on onblur and try to get the value i think as File upload is rendered as a input box on client side you should be able to get the path which you can store in a hidden field
  

  Happy coding,
  Vimal
  
  
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  hananjameel

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 07, 2010 01:57 PM|LINK

  Thanks Aren for your reply, I tried your code, but it didn't work; I got that path

  c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\Test.de-DE.resx

  
  

  where file is picked from:

  C:\Documents and Settings\hjameel\Desktop\Test.de-DE.resx 

  
  

  Thanks anyways !

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  hananjameel

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 07, 2010 01:59 PM|LINK

  Thanks for your reply kratos_Vimal,

  I tried the javascript code, and i saved the value into Hidden field to be used by code behind, but same Fakepath as well, it is really weird, I am just trying to know why that feature in IE8, it is supposed to be a better version, I don't know.. Gonna keep googling...!

  Thanks anyways !

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  Re: fakepath issue when I use FileUpload

  Dec 08, 2010 07:53 AM|LINK

  Hi again,

  I think if you use IE browser, using FileUpload1.FileName will only give you the file name. Using FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName you can get the full path of file and it's no necessary to use System.Io.Path.GetFullPath again.

              Response.Write(FileUpload1.FileName); //file name
              Response.Write("</br >");
              Response.Write(this.FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName); // full path of file(only in IE)
  

  
  Or you can have a look at this article:

  http://weblogs.asp.net/ashicmahtab/archive/2009/05/20/fileupload-control-doesn-t-give-full-path-help.aspx

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