Browse to a file directory and display its files in a listview

Question

Would anyone offer tips, links, code snippets on how to browse to a file folder from within an ASP.NET 3.5 web application and list the folder contents within a ListView?

Regards, Rey R. [neophyte web application developer]

Answer 1

I assume you mean at the client? In which case, using regular methods you are limited to the <input type="file"/> and whatever that does in your user's browser.

Beyond that, you need additional tools; for example, flash or Silverlight - which would allow access, but even that may be sand-boxed for security.

You certainly can't list the user's files from the server.

Answer 2

Upload Multiple Files in ASP.NET using jQuery

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