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HttpPostedFile.FileName Property

.NET Framework 3.5

Gets the fully qualified name of the file on the client.

Namespace:  System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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public string FileName { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the client's file, including the directory path.

The following code example demonstrates how to assign the name of an uploaded file (the first file in the file collection) to a string variable.

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HttpFileCollection MyFileColl = Request.Files;
 HttpPostedFile MyPostedFile = MyFileColl.Get(0);
 String MyFileName = MyPostedFile.FileName;

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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FileUpload.PostedFile.Filename inconsistency Firefox vs IE7
Firefox and IE7.05XX treat the PostedFile.Filename property differently.

In Firefox, calling FileUpload.PostedFile.Filename will return the name of the file, with no path information.

In IE7, calling FileUpload.PostedFile.Filename will return the full path of the file + the filename.

e.g. if the client file is located at c:\My Documents\Test.xls, Firefox will return 'Test.xls', and IE7 will return 'c:\My Documents\Test.xls'
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