DevExpress
AjaxFileUploadHelper.Process(HttpContext context) Thrown Exception is not "Bubbling Up" Properly
The AJAX Control Toolkit <20.1.0.0>
The installation method
A custom build from the source code
Minimal steps to reproduce the bug
- Use the AjaxFileUpload control on a webpage, and don't set any value in the AllowedFileTypes property
- Use the control on the webpage, and attempt to upload a filetype that isn't listed in the DefaultAllowedExtensions list ("7z","aac","avi","bz2","csv","doc","docx","gif","gz","htm","html","jpeg","jpg","md","mp3","mp4","ods","odt","ogg","pdf","png","ppt","pptx","svg","tar","tgz","txt","xls","xlsx","xml","zip").
Actual result
The user will see the following unhelpful error:
The programmer will see the following unhelpful error:
Expected result
That both the user and the programmer will see the ACTUAL thrown error:
Somewhere between AjaxFileUploadHelper.Process(HttpContext context) and Scripts\AjaxFileUpload.js (or Scripts\AjaxFileUpload.min.js) > doneAndUploadNextFile function, the error is being "whitewashed" away, replaced with "error raising upload complete event and start new upload".
It is my opinion that the true thrown error should be bubbled up to the main assembly, and also displayed to the user, rather than just a generic red "(error)" message.
This issue is related to issue 569 (https://github.com/DevExpress/AjaxControlToolkit/issues/569) and can be found all over StackOverflow with people that have come across similar issues. It is my opinion that these errors need to be more accurate, for both the user and the programmer, and I'm not the only one that's been frustrated with these "unhelpful" errors: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17051845/ajaxfileupload-error https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24467587/ajaxfileupload-error-and-uploadcomplete-wont-fire https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21559151/unknown-error-when-uploading-file-with-ajaxfileupload https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62445707/asp-net-ajax-ajaxfileupload-uncaught-error-raising-upload-complete-event-and-st
Browser(s) used
Chrome
A site deployment method
Both:
- VS development web-server,
- IIS
