ASP.NET - Limit file upload available file types

Question

I have added a file upload to my asp.net website. However, I want to limit the file types that user can select. For example, I only the user to select mp3 files. How can I a

Answer 1

There are no options for the default file uploader, but you can use tools such as Uploadify to fulfill this goal. However, it is flash based if that is a problem. You can try it out on their limited file types demo.

If you do not want to use flash, it would be easiest to do the validation yourself via javascript or on the server side and inform the user if the file's type is not valid.

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