Upload multiple files using HTML 5

Question

I have a web application that is currently using Flash. This application allows the user to select multiple files from their computer and click download. Then we upload these files to our server. I need to update our application to use HTML 5.

My question is: what is the recommended approach for downloading multiple files with HTML 5? I am using ASP.NET MVC 3 on my server.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You want to use this, say, a form that allows the user to upload files:

<input name="uploads[]" type="file" multiple="true"> 

Then in the backend you can upload files as an array containing different files.