Question

I want to write a general file upload function in C#. My website has more than 20 columns divided into tabs consisting of nearly 8 – 10 file upload controls.
I would like to write a general method into which i could pass the fileupload control, posted file & location to be saved. How do i pass the fileupload control to a method ?

public string uploadMethod(HttpPostedFile file, <fileUpload control>, string saveLocation)
{
  //saving code
}

protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    uploadMethod(FileUpload1.PostedFile, <fileUpload control>, saveFolder)
}

I know how to save the path but have no clue how to pass a fileupload control as a parameter to a method. Would be grateful for your help 🙂

Answer 1

I’ve got the answer after playing around a bit. Following is the solution…

private void uploadDoc(HttpPostedFile httpPostedFile, int filesize, string saveLocation, System.Web.UI.WebControls.FileUpload FileUpload1)
{
  //code for saving the file
}

And this is how we pass the parameters to the function…

uploadDoc(FileUpload1.PostedFile, filesize, saveLocation, FileUpload1);

Hope this helps 🙂