Passing a HttpPostedFileBase to a controller method

Question

I'm just trying to create a form where I can enter a name and upload a file. Here's the view model:

public class EmployeeViewModel
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public int EmployeeId { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

    public HttpPostedFileBase Resume { get; set; }
}

My view:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create", "Employees", FormMethod.Post))
{   
    @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name)

    @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Resume, new { type = "file" })

    <p>
        <input type="submit" value="Save" />
    </p>

    @Html.ValidationSummary()
}

And my controller method:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(EmployeeViewModel viewModel)
{
    // code here...
}

The problem is that when I post to the controller method, the Resume property is null. The Name property gets passed just fine, but not the HttpPostedFileBase.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Answer 1

Add the enctype to your form:

@Html.BeginForm("Create", "Employees", FormMethod.Post, 
                 new{ enctype="multipart/form-data"})