FileManagerSettingsEditing.AllowCreate Property

Gets or sets a value specifying whether folders can be created.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
public virtual bool AllowCreate { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
Public Overridable Property AllowCreate As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false	true, if folder creation is allowed; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to AllowCreate
ASP.NET MVC Extensions	FileManagerSettings	.SettingsEditing .AllowCreate
ASP.NET Web Forms Controls	ASPxFileManager	.SettingsEditing .AllowCreate

Remarks

Use the AllowCreate property to control whether folders can be created.

An end-user can create a file manager folder using the toolbar create button or context menu Create item, whose availability depends on the AllowCreate property value.

Toolbar Create Button

The create button is displayed in the toolbox if the FileManagerSettingsToolbar.Items collection contains an object of the FileManagerToolbarCreateButton type. In this case, the AllowCreate property specifies the button’s availability.

When the FileManagerSettingsToolbar.Items collection is empty, the AllowCreate property specifies the create button visibility.

Context Menu Create Item

The create item is displayed in the context menu if the FileManagerSettingsContextMenu.Items collection contains an object of the FileManagerToolbarCreateButton type, or if the FileManagerSettingsContextMenu.Items collection is empty. The AllowCreate property specifies the item availability.

Example

Web Forms (in markup):

ASPX

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="fileManager" runat="server" >
    <SettingsEditing AllowCreate="true" AllowDelete="true" AllowMove="true" AllowRename="true" 
    AllowCopy="true" AllowDownload="true" />    
    ...
</dx:ASPxFileManager>

Web Forms (in code):

C#

ASPxFileManager fm = new ASPxFileManager();
...
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowCreate = true;
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowDelete = true;
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowMove = true;
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowRename = true;
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowCopy = true;
fm.SettingsEditing.AllowDownload = true;

MVC:

C#

@Html.DevExpress().FileManager( settings => {
    settings.Name = "fileManager";
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowCreate = true;
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowDelete = true;
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowMove = true;
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowRename = true;
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowCopy = true;
    settings.SettingsEditing.AllowDownload = true;
    ...
}).BindToFolder(Model).GetHtml()

Online Demo

• ASPxFileManager - Features (Web Forms)

• FileManager - Features (MVC)

Example

The image below demonstrates the example’s file structure in the web site solution explorer and in the file manager.

The code sample below demonstrates an example of the ASPxFileManager control’s markup.

ASPX

<dx:ASPxFileManager ID="ASPxFileManager1" runat="server" Width="700px">
     <Settings RootFolder="~\Files\" ThumbnailFolder="~\Thumbnails\" 
          AllowedFileExtensions=".jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .rtf, .txt, .avi, .png, .mp3, .xml, .doc, .pdf" InitialFolder="Images\Employees" />
     <SettingsEditing AllowCreate="True" AllowDelete="True" AllowMove="True" AllowRename="True" />
     <SettingsPermissions>
          <AccessRules>
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Edit="Deny" />
               <dx:FileManagerFolderAccessRule Edit="Allow" Path="Documents\Reports" />
          </AccessRules>
     </SettingsPermissions>
</dx:ASPxFileManager>