WebFileManager updated

Jeff Atwood

10 Jan 2005 — 1 min read — Comments

I updated the WebFileManager CodeProject article with some enhancements. It now supports zipping files and column sorting:

I included both the code-behind and inline code versions of the page in the solution archive this time. There’s also a new dependency on SharpZipLib, assuming you want the remote file zipping support.

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