# Looking for best technique for site user to upload their files from their hard-drive

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-best-technique-for-site-user-to-upload-their-files-from-their-hard-drive/291861
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-best-technique-for-site-user-to-upload-their-files-from-their-hard-drive/291861 "2009-07-06T21:03:35Z")
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### Author: ![vegasninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e0b2c6/32.png) [@vegasninja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vegasninja)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-best-technique-for-site-user-to-upload-their-files-from-their-hard-drive/291861/1 "2009-07-06T21:03:35Z")

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Looking for best technique for site user to upload their files from their hard-drive.

I am using Flex Builder 3 on a project with a [SIZE=4]W[/SIZE]in[SIZE=4]A[/SIZE]pache[SIZE=4]M[/SIZE]ysql[SIZE=4]P[/SIZE]hp server

I am looking for a way for a site visitor in a flash/flex user environment able to open up their hard-drive and choose file(s) to upload to server.

I am thinking of using two datagrids for the GUI with drag and drop ‘enabled’, to load selected visitor files off hard-drive to a selected server file.

Basically I am looking for a way to replicate what local apps have been doing for years with the file navigation and drag&drop to another file. But do this from a .swf app on a webserver.