What is MultiPowUpload?
MultiPowUpload is a Flash movie that has been created to replace the classic Form uploading in a browser. MultiPowUpload works in >95% of browsers and can also be placed on a web site easily. It offers lots of new possibilities that are not available during the usual upload via Form.
The most significant possibilities are:
- Support of all popular browsers, OS and servers
- Multiple files uploading
- Images preview
- Progress bar
- Different settings like file types, maximum files size
- Uploading of the whole file in request or by chunks
- Resumable upload starting from the first or last uploaded chunk
MultiPowUpload is a universal control.
MultiPowUpload works in >95% of browsers that are used nowadays (IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc). It is suitable for any OS installed on a client’s computer or a server. MultiPowUpload supports any server script that uploads files: PHP, ASP.NET, Perl, JSP, ASP and others.
For MultiPowUpload you need only Flash player installed. It has already been installed on most PCs of internet users or it can be easily downloaded and installed automatically within 1 minute.
Key functions of MultiPowUpload:
Functions for selecting files and folders:
- Selecting of multiple files for uploading by Ctrl, Shift or by Ctrl+A hot key.
Functions for working with images:
- Image preview in MultiPowUpload interface.
- Manipulations with thumbnails: rotate, crop.
- Thumbnail uploading on server after the manipulations.
- It increases the uploading speed and prevents some additional manipulations on server side.
Comfortable and customizable interface:
- Progress bar and detailed information about the uploading process.
- Multilingual interface. You may choose any language.
- Interface can be changed to your own HTML and javascript code that matches your website style.
- Interface applies ready skin pack for all elements of MultiPowUpload control.
Possible restrictions:
- It is possible to set a restriction on types of uploaded files and their quantity, for examples, to upload only images.
- It is possible to set a maximum size of particular files, all files or to set a quantity of files.
Standards and technologies support:
- MultiPowUpload uses standard RFC1867 for uploading. The same standard is used for uploading via standard Form.
- Uploading of a file by chunks. Each chunk is also RFC1867 compliant.
- It supports uploading and downloading via HTTP, SSL/HTTPS.
- It supports Cookies and Session. MultiPowUpload automaticaly sends all Cookies and SessionID cookie that has a web page containing it.
Other notes:
- Uploading of the form values at the same request by POST or GET method.
- Gives detailed information about files like date modified, size, name. These data are accessible before uploading and can be uploaded together with files on the server as well.
- The possibility to cancel an upload at any time.
- It returns the http server reply about the successful upload confirmation or errors.
MultiPowUpload system requirements
User's side:
Server's side:
- Any OS and web server.
- Standard script which receives files on server. ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, Perl, JSP examples are included.