Uploading Files in ASP.net without using the FileUpload server control

In your aspx :

<form id="form1" runat="server" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 <input type="file" id="myFile" name="myFile" />
 <asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnUpload" OnClick="btnUploadClick" Text="Upload" />
</form>

In code behind :

protected void btnUploadClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    HttpPostedFile file = Request.Files["myFile"];

    //check file was submitted
    if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
    {
        string fname = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
        file.SaveAs(Server.MapPath(Path.Combine("~/App_Data/", fname)));
    }
}

You'll have to set the enctype attribute of the form to multipart/form-data; then you can access the uploaded file using the HttpRequest.Files collection.

use the HTML control with a runat server attribute

 <input id="FileInput" runat="server" type="file" />

Then in asp.net Codebehind

 FileInput.PostedFile.SaveAs("DestinationPath");

There are also some 3'rd party options that will show progress if you intrested

The Request.Files collection contains any files uploaded with your form, regardless of whether they came from a FileUpload control or a manually written <input type="file">.

So you can just write a plain old file input tag in the middle of your WebForm, and then read the file uploaded from the Request.Files collection.

HtmlInputFile control

I've used this all the time.