How to use @FileUpload.GetHtml inside Html.BeginForm and sumbit FilesList

Question

There is a default submit button for the @FileUpload.GetHtml. But I am expecting to have a submit button inside the Html begin form and use that substitution to submit the list of files with some more parameters. But when I do that the passing IEnumerable is always null in the Action method.

This is my Action method: [HttpPost] public ActionResult Change(IEnumerable filesList, Guid ID, string Btn) {....

    @using (Html.BeginForm("Change", "Home",FormMethod.Post))
    {
      <textarea id="textArea" name="epost2" class="frm_txtfield_big" style="float:left; width:638px; height:200px;"></textarea>

      <input type="hidden" name="supportID" value="@Model.ID" />

      @FileUpload.GetHtml(name: "ChooseFile",initialNumberOfFiles: 1,allowMoreFilesToBeAdded: true,includeFormTag: false)

      .......}

But this is not passing the list of files to the method.

Am doing it wrong or what is the wrong with the code.

FileUpload is server control of asp.net webforms. It is not about asp.net mvc. Are you sure that you use right tag? — Kirill Bestemyanov
Well I have seen of these in some tutorials as well. And the view is giving exactly what I was expecting. But its not submitting. — diyoda_

diyoda_ diyoda_ · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-06T03:34:43

I have not included the enctype = "multipart/form-data" inside the Html.BeginForm So that the value is not taken to the file input. Now it ok. This will give you a good explanation.

How to use @FileUpload.GetHtml inside Html.BeginForm and sumbit FilesList

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