File System Providers

• Nov 24, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

A file system provider is an API that allows access to a virtual file system in the ASPxFileManager control. This API allows you to get the file and folder hierarchy, and edit file manager items (for example, create a folder, rename files/folders, delete files/folders). The ASPxFileManager control uses the provider for all operations in the file system.

The ASPxFileManager supports the following file systems:

• Physical disk storage;
• Shared network storage;
• Database storage;
• Cloud storage: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Azure Service, and Dropbox Service
• Custom storage.

File Manager Provider Types

Use the ASPxFileManager.ProviderType property to specify the type of file system provider used by the file manager. You can set this property to the following values.

Predefined File System Provider Types

Physical

File manager uses the Physical File System Provider to work with the server’s physical file system.

Run Demo

DataSource

File manager uses the DataSource File System Provider to access file system information in a data source.

Run Demo

Amazon

File manager uses the Amazon File System Provider to access a file system retained in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

Azure

File manager uses the Azure File System Provider to access a file system retained in Azure Cloud Services.

Dropbox

File manager uses the Dropbox File System Provider to access a file system retained in Dropbox Service.

Google Drive

File manager uses the Google Drive File System Provider to access a file system retained in Google Drive.

OneDrive

File manager uses the OneDrive File System Provider to access a file system retained in OneDrive.

SharePoint

File manager uses the SharePoint File System Provider to access a file system retained in SharePoint.

ASPX

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="FileManager" runat="server" ProviderType="GoogleDrive" >
    <!-- ... -->
    <SettingsGoogleDrive AccountName="FileManagerGoogleDriveAccount" />
</dx:ASPxFileManager>

Global.asax:

C#

void RegisterAccounts() {
    AccountManager.RegisterGoogleDrive("UploadGoogleDriveAccount", UploadingUtils.GetGoogleDriveClientEmailValue(), UploadingUtils.GetGoogleDrivePrivateKeyValue());
}

Custom File System Provider Type

Custom file system provider allows you to create your own custom provider, inherited from a FileSystemProviderBase class or one of the predefined provider classes. See the following help topic to learn more: Custom File System Provider.

Automatically Assigned File System Provider Type

The default (NotSet) type of file system provider is determined automatically. If the ASPxFileManager.CustomFileSystemProvider or ASPxFileManager.CustomFileSystemProviderTypeName property is specified, the file manager uses the custom file system provider. Otherwise, if the ASPxFileManager.DataSource or ASPxFileManager.DataSourceID property is specified, the control uses the data source file system provider. In all other cases the physical data system provider is used.