How to restrict file type in FileUpload control

c# asp.net image file-upload

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Solution 1

No, in web you can't from client side, evidently from server side you can do amazing things. For this kind of thing, programmers normally use Activex, flash or the like.

Solution 2

In 2015, web browsers support the input accept attribute, so you can do this:

<asp:FileUpload ID="fileUploader" runat="server" accept=".png,.jpg,.jpeg,.gif" />

Keep in mind Visual Studio may show you a message about this as an invalid attribute of the FileUpload ASP tool, however.

Solution 3

I found no direct solution for this problem.

This is my workaround using the RegularExpressionValidator:

<asp:FileUpload ID="fuImportImage" runat="server" />
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="regexValidator" runat="server"
     ControlToValidate="fuImportImage"
     ErrorMessage="Only JPEG images are allowed" 
     ValidationExpression="(.*\.([Jj][Pp][Gg])|.*\.([Jj][Pp][Ee][Gg])$)">
</asp:RegularExpressionValidator>

Solution 4

You cannot strictly restrict the file type, but if the browser supports it you can cause it to initially show just a certain type of file:

<form method="post" action="blahblah.blah">
  <input type="file" name="image" id="image" accept="image/png, image/jpeg" />
</form>

Solution 5

//VALIDATE FILE EXTENTION
var _validFileFlag;
function fValidFileExt(vfilePath){
  var vFileName=vfilePath.split('\\').pop();
  var vFileExt=vfileName.split('.').pop();
  if(vFileExt.toUpperCase()=="JPEG" || vFileExt.toUpperCase()=="JPG"){
     _validFileFlag = true;
  } 
  _validFileFlag = false;
} 

<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" onchange="fValidFileExt(this.value);" runat="server"  />

Check '_validFileFlag' while saving data/upload..

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