Hi,

 

I'm using a custom provider to handle the upload and store it an SQL server database (based on the sample on from your site).

 

When I access a page that includes the AjaxUploader and if the ~/UploaderTemp directory does not exist... I get the error "Unable to write to folder".

 

I never want AjaxUploader to write to the filesystem ever. I don't want any writable folders in the website, ever.

 

Is there anyway to avoid having to create a writable folder ~/UploaderTemp?

 

Thanks!

 

Rob

 

Dear rmacfadyen,

 

Unlike standard ASP.NET HtmlInputFile control, AJAX Uploader does not read the entire uploaded file into memory. It streams the data into a temporary file while the data is received. For this reason, you must specify a temporary file location. You should ensure that the ASPNET user (NetworkService in Windows Server 2003) has read/write permission to this specified folder.

There are two ways to change the default temporary directory.

Solution 1:

Add the following tag into the <appSettings> element of your application web.config file:
<add key="CuteWebUI.AjaxUploader.TempDirectory" value="~/MyTempDirectory"/>

 

Solution 2:

<CuteWebUI:Uploader id="Uploader1" TempDirectory="~/MyTempDirectory" runat="server"></CuteWebUI:Uploader>

 

Thank you for asking

Eric,

 

I was under the impression from this post: http://cutesoft.net/forums/thread/53844.aspx that an UploaderProvider would remove the need to store/write anything to the file system. In fact the UploaderProvider property SupportFS and method appear to indicate such (ie. if SupportFS is false and GetFSPath throws a NotSupportedException what purpose do these serve?).

 

Thanks,

 

Rob