Thursday, 17 April 2014

Upload and Read Flat Files[.txt] Using File Upload in Gridview Using C#.Net


Upload and Read Flat Files[.txt] Using File Upload in Gridview Using C#.Net

In this Post I will show you how to read the content of Flat files by uploading and showing it inside a Gridview..
Refer the Code Snippet Below:

Design Part:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Upload and Display in Gridview</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" />
<asp:Button ID="btnUpload" runat="server" Text="Upload" OnClick="UploadFile" />
<hr />
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" EmptyDataText = "No files uploaded">
    <Columns>
        <asp:BoundField DataField="Text" HeaderText="File Name" />
        <asp:TemplateField>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDownload" Text = "Download" CommandArgument = '<%# Eval("Value") %>' runat="server" OnClick = "DownloadFile"></asp:LinkButton>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
           <asp:TemplateField>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkView" Text = "View" CommandArgument = '<%# Eval("Value") %>' runat="server" OnClick = "ViewFile"></asp:LinkButton>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:TemplateField>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID = "lnkDelete" Text = "Delete" CommandArgument = '<%# Eval("Value") %>' runat = "server" OnClick = "DeleteFile" />
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="lblMsg" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Italic="True" ForeColor="#00C000"></asp:Label>&nbsp;<br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="btnClear" runat="server" OnClick="btnClear_Click" Text="Clear" /></div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


Code-Behind: 


using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/"));
            List<ListItem> files = new List<ListItem>();
            foreach (string filePath in filePaths)
            {
                files.Add(new ListItem(Path.GetFileName(filePath), filePath));
            }
            GridView1.DataSource = files;
            GridView1.DataBind();
        }
    }
    protected void UploadFile(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblMsg.Text = "";
        string fileName = Path.GetFileName(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName);
        FileUpload1.PostedFile.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/") + fileName);
        Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri);
    }

    protected void DownloadFile(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblMsg.Text = "";
        string filePath = (sender as LinkButton).CommandArgument;
        Response.ContentType = ContentType;
        Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + Path.GetFileName(filePath));
        Response.WriteFile(filePath);
        Response.End();
    }

    protected void DeleteFile(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblMsg.Text = "";
        string filePath = (sender as LinkButton).CommandArgument;
        File.Delete(filePath);
        Response.Redirect(Request.Url.AbsoluteUri);
    }

    protected void ViewFile(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string filePath = (sender as LinkButton).CommandArgument;
        string inputString;
        lblMsg.Text = "";
        using (StreamReader streamReader = File.OpenText(filePath))
        {
            inputString = streamReader.ReadLine();
            while (inputString != null)
            {
                lblMsg.Text += inputString + "<br />";
                inputString = streamReader.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
    protected void btnClear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblMsg.Text = "";
    }
}

1 comment:

  1. Really a great article to Read Flat Files...Thanks @Vishal

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