May 2011 Entries

Folder upload with SlickUpload 6 RC2 and Chrome

We just discovered a hidden feature in Chrome which allows folder upload. As far as I know, this isn't supported in any other browser as of yet, but is supported in Chrome 7+.

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Folder selection with SlickUpload 6

The new SlickUpload 6 RC2 has full support for folder selection and upload in Chrome. As additional browsers implement support, we will add support for them to SlickUpload.

Check out the updated SlickUpload 6 demo page or download the SlickUpload 6 RC2 package.

SlickUpload 6 RC

The SlickUpload 6 RC has been released. You can check out the demos, or download the SlickUpload RC package.

This build has a few bug fixes, and full ASP.NET AJAX support, including running in UpdatePanels. We are considering this the final feature complete build of SlickUpload 6.

Our major thrust over the past month has been writing documentation and samples for SlickUpload 6. With SlickUpload 5, we supported .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0, in VB and C#, making for 4 versions of each sample. ASP.NET AJAX and ASP.NET MVC only had 2 samples each, for a total of 25 or so samples. With SlickUpload 6, we dropped .NET 1.1 support, but added full samples for ASP.NET AJAX, MVC1, MVC2, and MVC3, and MVC3 Razor. This brings our sample count to ~144 (12 samples * 6 view environments * 2 languages).

The RC includes 4 samples (overview, client api, custom filename, and sqlclient), in all view engines and languages. We'll be releasing another build next week with all samples in all languages, followed by a final RTM later this month once samples and documentation are complete.

We're in the midst of writing the how-to documentation and guides, but we have completed the server reference. You can take a look at the docs on the new beta site.

As always, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

UPDATE: the original archive was flagged as corrupt in some zip extractors. It has now been updated. If you have this issue, try downloading the file again.