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FREE Web Site File Manager User Control (Ver.1.0)

Introduction

ASP.NET Custom user controls and web controls provide great amount of code reuse and flexibility. This FREE user control is a file manager for typical web sites. The download also includes a sample ASPX page ready to use in your applications. This is Ver.1.0 of the control. Based on user feedback and suggestions I will enhance it further. So don't forget to drop me a line at <% displaylink "bipinjoshi@yahoo.com","mailto:bipinjoshi@yahoo.com",true,false %>

Functionality in Ver 1.0

The current version provides following functionality :

• Folder creation
• Folder deletion
• Multiple File Deletion
• Multiple File Move (Cut/Paste)
• File Rename
• Single File Upload

Screen Shot

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Known issues

Following are the known facts about the control :

• In case if deletion of folder fails no error message is displayed
• No warning is displayed while deleting files/folders

However, note that above is not a complete list. There can be other flaws present.

How to use the user control?

If you are using VS.NET then follow these steps in order to consume File Manager Control:

• Create a new ASP.NET project in VS.NET
• Add reference to sitefilemanager.dll
• Add sample.aspx and sitefilemanagercontrol.ascx to the project
• Make sure that in sitefilemanagercontrol.ascx you inherit from SiteFileManager.SiteFileManagerControl class.
• Set sample.aspx as default page
• Also, note that the user control uses two session variables of type string. You must enable session state for the web form (ASPX page).
• Run the application

If you are not using VS.NET and code-behind approach follow these steps:

• Copy sample.aspx to your virtual root
• Copy sitefilemanagercontrol.ascx to your virtual root
• Copy sitefilemanager.dll in the bin folder of your virtual root
• Make sure that in sitefilemanagercontrol.ascx you inherit from SiteFileManager.SiteFileManagerControl class.
• Also, note that the user control uses two session variables of type string. You must enable session state for the web form (ASPX page).
• Run the application

Further Enhancements

Following enhancements can be done :

• Mark folders marked for 'Cut' with different color
• Confirm file/folder delete
• Convert user control into web control (.dll rather than .ascx)
• Error message to be displayed in case folder deletion fails

So, go ahead and use this FREE control in your applications.

Download

The ZIP file contains :

• Sample.aspx : A ready to use web form that hosts the user control
• sitefilemanager.dll : Includes all the code needed to run the file manager
• sitefilemanagercontrol.ascx : User control file that contains various elements of the control.