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In this HowTo Im going to give you a short invitation how to implement a fileupload with ASP.NET MVC. The Controller On the controller-side we create an ActionMethod named FileUpload:

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult FileUpload(HttpPostedFileBase file) { ViewData["Message"] = file.FileName + " - " + file.ContentLength.ToString(); return View("Index"); Recent Posts }

HttpPostedFileBase is an abstract basic-class and has the same characteristics like HttpPostedFile. Thats because you are able to make this with a UnitTest as well and create your own deductions from the abstract basic-class.

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With file Im able to reach several characteristics with this method and if I want to I can save the file:

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Now the Frontend: The View In the index view I create a formulary with the HTML Helper. Important: The fileupload only works when enctype=multipart/form-data is activated!

<%using(Html.BeginForm("FileUpload", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new {enctype = "multipart/form-data"})) {%> <input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> <% } %>

Simple and fast File size: Usually you wont be able to upload files with more than 4MB. But you can change this in the web.config: maxRequestSize More Informations Scott Hanselman has written a fantastic Blogpost about this subject. It also includes how Unit-Tests could look like in such a case.

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