Using FileUltimate in an ASP.NET MVC project

To use FileUltimate in an ASP.NET MVC Project, do the following in Visual Studio:

Make sure you have added references to FileUltimate assemblies as described here.

Optionally set FileUltimate's global configuration (if overriding a default value is required). For example, you may want to set the license key.

You can specify the configuration in <appSettings> tag of your Web.config.

XML

<appSettings>
  <!--
    Set this property only if you have a valid license key, otherwise do not
    set it so FileUltimate runs in trial mode.
  -->
  <add key="FileUltimate:LicenseKey" value="QQJDJLJP34..." />
</appSettings>

As you would notice, FileUltimate: prefix maps to FileUltimateConfiguration.Current and FileUltimateWeb: prefix maps to FileUltimateWebConfiguration.Current.

Alternatively you can specify the configuration in code, in Application_Start method of your Global.asax.cs:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //Set this property only if you have a valid license key, otherwise do not 
    //set it so FileUltimate runs in trial mode.  
    FileUltimateConfiguration.Current.LicenseKey = "QQJDJLJP34...";
}

Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    'Set this property only if you have a valid license key, otherwise do not 
    'set it so FileUltimate runs in trial mode.  
    FileUltimateConfiguration.Current.LicenseKey = "QQJDJLJP34..."
End Sub

Create a new View (eg. Index.cshtml) and insert these lines:

@using GleamTech.AspNet.Mvc
@using GleamTech.FileUltimate.AspNet.UI

<!DOCTYPE html>
@{
    var fileManager = new FileManager
    {
        Width = 800,
        Height = 600,
        Resizable = true
    };

    var rootFolder = new FileManagerRootFolder
    {
        Name = "A Root Folder",
        Location = "~/App_Data/RootFolder1"
    };

    rootFolder.AccessControls.Add(new FileManagerAccessControl
    {
        Path = @"\",
        AllowedPermissions = FileManagerPermissions.Full
    });

    fileManager.RootFolders.Add(rootFolder);
}
<html>
    <head>
        <title>File Manager</title>
        @this.RenderHead(fileManager)
    </head>
    <body>
        @this.RenderBody(fileManager)
    </body>
</html>

@Imports GleamTech.AspNet.Mvc
@Imports GleamTech.FileUltimate.AspNet.UI

<!DOCTYPE html>
@Code
    Dim fileManager = New FileManager() With {
        .Width = 800,
        .Height = 600,
        .Resizable = True
    }

    Dim rootFolder = New FileManagerRootFolder() With {
        .Name = "A Root Folder",
        .Location = "~/App_Data/RootFolder1"
    }

    rootFolder.AccessControls.Add(New FileManagerAccessControl() With {
        .Path = "\",
        .AllowedPermissions = FileManagerPermissions.Full
    })

    fileManager.RootFolders.Add(rootFolder)
End Code
<html>
    <head>
        <title>File Manager</title>
        @Me.RenderHead(fileManager)
    </head>
    <body>
        @Me.RenderBody(fileManager)
    </body>
</html>

This will render a file manager component in the page which displays one root folder named "A Root Folder" which points to "~/App_Data/RootFolder1" with Full permissions.

Tip

Alternatively you can add the namespaces globally in Views/Web.config under <system.web.webPages.razor>/<pages>/<namespaces> tag to avoid adding namespaces in your pages every time:

XML

<system.web.webPages.razor>
  <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
    <namespaces>
      <add namespace="GleamTech.AspNet.Mvc" />
      <add namespace="GleamTech.FileUltimate.AspNet.UI" />
    </namespaces>
  </pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>

If you need a standalone file uploader component, insert these lines instead:

@using GleamTech.AspNet.Mvc
@using GleamTech.FileUltimate.AspNet.UI

<!DOCTYPE html>
@{
    var fileUploader = new FileUploader
    {
        Width = 600,
        Height = 300,
        Resizable = true,
        UploadLocation = "~/App_Data/Uploads"
    };
}
<html>
<head>
    <title>File Uploader</title>
    @this.RenderHead(fileUploader)
</head>
<body>
    @this.RenderBody(fileUploader)
</body>
</html>

@Imports GleamTech.AspNet.Mvc
@Imports GleamTech.FileUltimate.AspNet.UI

<!DOCTYPE html>
@Code
    Dim fileUploader = New FileUploader() With {
        .Width = 600,
        .Height = 300,
        .Resizable = True,
        .UploadLocation = "~/App_Data/Uploads"
    }
End Code
<html>
    <head>
        <title>File Uploader</title>
        @Me.RenderHead(fileUploader)
    </head>
    <body>
        @Me.RenderBody(fileUploader)
    </body>
</html>