Is it possible when using the FileUpload component, to specify the file extensions to be browsed and consequently uploaded ? ie ".jpg", ".gif" etc.

I am using the following code, which works, but browses all file types!:

Sub UploadButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

        ' Before attempting to save the file, verify
        ' that the FileUpload control contains a file.
        If (FileUpload1.HasFile) Then
          ' Call a helper method routine to save the file.
          SaveFile(FileUpload1.PostedFile)
        Else
          ' Notify the user that a file was not uploaded.
          UploadStatusLabel.Text = "You did not specify a file to upload."
        End If

      End Sub

      Sub SaveFile(ByVal file As HttpPostedFile)

        ' Specify the path to save the uploaded file to.
            Dim savePath As String = "\images\"

        ' Get the name of the file to upload.
        Dim fileName As String = FileUpload1.FileName

        ' Create the path and file name to check for duplicates.
        Dim pathToCheck As String = savePath + fileName

        ' Create a temporary file name to use for checking duplicates.
        Dim tempfileName As String

        ' Check to see if a file already exists with the
        ' same name as the file to upload.
        If (System.IO.File.Exists(pathToCheck)) Then
          Dim counter As Integer = 2
          While (System.IO.File.Exists(pathToCheck))
            ' If a file with this name already exists,
            ' prefix the filename with a number.
            tempfileName = counter.ToString() + fileName
            pathToCheck = savePath + tempfileName
            counter = counter + 1
          End While

          fileName = tempfileName

          ' Notify the user that the file name was changed.
          UploadStatusLabel.Text = "A file with the same name already exists." + "<br>" + _
                                   "Your file was saved as " + fileName
          ' Update Bound Data Field
          TxtImgUrl.Text = "images\" + fileName

        Else

          ' Notify the user that the file was saved successfully.
          UploadStatusLabel.Text = "Your file was uploaded successfully."

        End If

        ' Append the name of the file to upload to the path.
        savePath += fileName

        ' Call the SaveAs method to save the uploaded
        ' file to the specified directory.
        FileUpload1.SaveAs(savePath)

      End Sub

Hi there,

AFAIK, there isn't a direct way to do this. However, right before you try to save the file you could use a Regular Expression to test the extension and /or filename.

Imar

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