10.4. RadUpload

The next control doesn't need too much introduction. RadUpload is a control designed to upload files from the client computer to the server. It has a lot of optional configuration options that make it not only easy to use but also a powerful alternative to traditional input controls.

Among others, RadUpload has the following capabilities:

  • Uploading multiple files

  • Codeless uploading

  • Asynchronous uploading with RadAsyncUpload

  • Upload progress monitoring with RadProgressArea

  • Integrated validation

  • Client-side and server-side APIs

The configuration of RadUpload was described in detail in Chapter 2. What was not said there is that, to process large files, you need to adjust the maxRequestLength property of the httpRuntime tag in the system.web ...

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