"patrick_a" wrote:

> Hello,
> I am deploying an ASP.net application written in C# to a hosting server
> where I have limited privileges. I know how to do image file uploads if I'm
> doing them with a path involving C:\ but what path do I use when I don't know
> that information. Do I set up a folder relative to my application folder in
> the www directory (ie. www/myapplication/uploads )and then save the image to
> it with a relative path like uploads/myimage.jpg or as an absolute path like
> www.mysite.com/myapplication/uploads ? How can I authenticate a user before
> they can upload to the folder - do I create a user on the server with the
> upload folder as their root directory and then somehow pass the username and
> password in a string to be authenticated? Here is what the code looks like .
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>
> protected System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile uploadPhoto;
> protected System.IO.Stream stream1;
>
>
> string strUploadDirectory = "uploads/"; //I need to know this directory
> path.
> string strUserName;
> string strFileName;
> string strPhotoTitle1;
> string strFileAndDirectory;
> long lMaxFileSize = 150000;
>
> strUserName=User.Identity.Name;
> strFileName=uploadPhoto.PostedFile.FileName.Trim();
>
> strFileName=Path.GetFileName(strFileName);
>
> if(strFileName!="")
> {
> //test for file size
> if ((uploadPhoto.PostedFile.ContentLength <= lMaxFileSize) &&
> (uploadPhoto.PostedFile.ContentLength > 0))
>
> { //create a unique name for the file
> strFileAndDirectory=strUploadDirectory + strUserName + strFileName;
> FileInfo fileinfo1 = new FileInfo(strFileAndDirectory);
>
> if (fileinfo1.Exists)//if file exists delete it
>
> {
> fileinfo1.Delete();
> }
> try
> { // load the uploaded file into a stream
> stream1 = uploadPhoto.PostedFile.InputStream;
>
> // this generates a handled error if file is not an image
> image1 = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream1);
>
> // save image to upload directory
> image1.Save(strUploadDirectory + strUserName + strFileName);
> }
> catch
> {
> strFileName="no_image.jpg";
> }
> }
> else
> {
> strFileName="no_image.jpg";
> }
>
> }
> else
> {
> strFileName="no_image.jpg";
> }