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    copied!<p>as i am trying to upload a File, and i am trying to check for their extension, as i know it is not a good practice, so this is the code which i am doing this. it works fine, but as i am facing issue in Apple Mac Users, they are not unable to upload pdf files. </p> <pre><code> if (upload1.HasFile) { Finfo = new FileInfo(upload1.PostedFile.FileName); if (Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".docx" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".doc" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".xls" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".xlsx" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".pdf" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".jpg" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".png" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".gif" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".txt" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".mp4" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == "ppt" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".bmp" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".swf" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".rm" || Finfo.Extension.ToLower() == ".pptx") { // Accept File } } </code></pre> <p>now what i thought i will use this code, so that it will solve the problem </p> <pre><code>if ( upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "text/rtf" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/doc" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "appl/text" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/vnd.msword" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/vnd.ms-word" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/winword" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/word" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/msword" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/x-msw6" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/x-msword" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/pdf" || FileUpload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/x-pdf" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" || upload1.PostedFile.ContentType == "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template" ) </code></pre> <p>is it good way to Accept Files from users. I need to allow All Files Except EXE,DMG, DLL,CS, SQL, BAT, . how do i ensure that it will work on all operating systems.</p> <ul> <li>Apple user may use OpenOffice, or some other softwares to upload. so we need to allow this type of file also </li> </ul> <p>can anybody tell me how to handle this situations </p>
 

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