Open and edit the uploaded files

21 Dec 20225 minutes to read

The uploader control allows you to modify the file after uploading to the server, which can be achieved using success event of the uploader.

You can retrieve the saved file path in the uploader success event and assign it to custom attribute (data-file-name) value of the respective file list element to open the uploaded file. Click the respective file element to create a new request along with saved file path using http header. In the server-side, get the file path from the header and open the file using process.start method.

CSHTML

@using Syncfusion.EJ2



      <div class="control_wrapper">
            @Html.EJS().Uploader("UploadFiles").Success("onUploadSuccess").AsyncSettings(new Syncfusion.EJ2.Inputs.UploaderAsyncSettings { SaveUrl = "https://services.syncfusion.com/aspnet/production/api/FileUploader/Save", RemoveUrl = "https://services.syncfusion.com/aspnet/production/api/FileUploader/Remove" }).Render()
        </div>



<script>
   function onUploadSuccess(args) {
    // fetching the generated li elements
    var liElements = this.uploadWrapper.querySelectorAll('.e-upload-file-list');
    for (var i = 0; i < liElements.length; i++) {
        if (liElements[i].getAttribute('data-file-name') == args.file.name) {
            liElements[i].addEventListener('click', () => { openFile(args, event) })
            // File path have to update from server end in response status description.
            liElements[i].setAttribute('file-path', args.e.target.statusText);
        }
    }
}

function openFile(args, e) {
    if (!e.target.classList.contains('e-file-delete-btn') && !e.target.classList.contains('e-file-remove-btn'))
    {
        var ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
        // create new request for open the selected file
        ajax.open("POST", '/Home/openFile');
        var liElements = document.getElementsByClassName('e-upload')[0].querySelectorAll('.e-upload-file-list');
        for (var i = 0; i < liElements.length; i++) {
            if (liElements[i].getAttribute('data-file-name') == args.file.name) {
                // Added the file path in header to get it in server side.
            ajax.setRequestHeader('filePath', liElements[i].getAttribute('file-path').toString());
            }
        }
        ajax.send();
    }
}
</script>

Server-side.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace EJ2CoreSampleBrowser.Controllers.TextBoxes
{
    public partial class UploaderController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult DefaultFunctionalities()
        {
            return View();
        }
        public void Save() {
    if (!System.IO.File.Exists(fileSavePath))
    {
        httpPostedFile.SaveAs(fileSavePath);
        HttpResponse Response = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response;
        Response.Clear();
        Response.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
        <!-- Sending the file path to client side -->
        Response.StatusDescription = fileSavePath;
        Response.End();
    }
}

[AcceptVerbs("Post")]
public void openFile()
{
    // Check whether the file is available in the corresponding location
    if (System.IO.File.Exists(Request.Headers.GetValues("filePath").First()))
    {
        // This will open the selected file from server location in desktop
        Process.Start(Request.Headers.GetValues("filePath").First());
    }
}
    }
}

NOTE

You can also explore ASP.NET MVC File Upload feature tour page for its groundbreaking features. You can also explore our ASP.NET MVC File Upload example to understand how to browse the files which you want to upload to the server.