ActiveXPowUpload 1.0.1 control documentation

ActiveXPowUpload is easy client-side solution that can be used to perform file uploads from a user machine to the web server. ActiveXPowUpload is a ActiveX supported by only Internet Explorer but don't needs anything on user side and supports any standard file processing script on server side.

In a pure-HTML solution, client files can be uploaded to the server via a multipart/form-data form with one or more <INPUT TYPE=FILE> items on it. However, the form-based approach has the following limitation:


ActiveXPowUpload features:


ActiveXPowUpload (ActiveX) and Java Applets with the same functionality comparison:

We recommend to have 2 controls (ActiveX and Java Applet) if you have Internet Explorer and Firefox (and all other browsers) users and redirect uses to needed page against they browser type. If you have only Internet Explorer users choose ActiveX. We have also Java applet called JavaPowUpload. We offer license pack that includes both ActiveXPowUpload and JavaPowUpload.
See comparison below why we recommend to have 2 controls.

ActiveXPowUpload system requirements:

User's side:

Server's side: