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HttpRequest.Files Property

.NET Framework 3.0

Gets the collection of files uploaded by the client, in multipart MIME format.

Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

public HttpFileCollection Files { get; }

/** @property */
public HttpFileCollection get_Files ()

JScript

public function get Files () : HttpFileCollection

XAML

Not applicable.

Property Value

An HttpFileCollection object representing a collection of files uploaded by the client. The items of the HttpFileCollection object are of type HttpPostedFile.

Remarks

The file collection is populated only when the HTTP request Content-Type value is "multipart/form-data".

Example

The following code example displays the names of all files in the Files collection.

int loop1;
HttpFileCollection Files;
 
Files = Request.Files; // Load File collection into HttpFileCollection variable.
arr1 = Files.AllKeys;  // This will get names of all files into a string array.
for (loop1 = 0; loop1 < arr1.Length; loop1++) 
{
    Response.Write("File: " + Server.HtmlEncode(arr1[loop1]) + "<br />");
    Response.Write("  size = " + Files[loop1].ContentLength + "<br />");
    Response.Write("  content type = " + Files[loop1].ContentType + "<br />");
}

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

HttpRequest Class
HttpRequest Members
System.Web Namespace

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