Not Able to Assign value to file uploade control in mvc

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<li class="lifile">
 <input type="file" id="fileToUpload" name="file" value="@ViewBag.msg" />
 <span class="field-validation-error" id="spanfile"></span>
 </li>

You cannot assign a value to a file input for security reasons. The only way it can be set if by the user selecting a file in the browser — , Oct 28 '16 at 12:21
Possible duplicate of [How to set a value to a file input in HTML?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1696877/how-to-set-a-value-to-a-file-input-in-html) — , Oct 29 '16 at 00:39

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You cannot assign Value to input type = file, for Security Reasons

Maybe This will help How to set a value to a file input in HTML?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Oct 28 '16 at 10:20

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but i want to Update data and i m not able to see that data in file upload control – swati sharma Oct 28 '16 at 10:30
what do u want to do exactly ? do u want to just get the name of the uploaded file – Ajay Oct 28 '16 at 10:55
if Yes maybe This will help – Ajay Oct 28 '16 at 10:57
http://www.tutorialrepublic.com/faq/how-to-get-selected-file-name-from-input-type-file-using-jquery.php – Ajay Oct 28 '16 at 10:58

Not Able to Assign value to file uploade control in mvc

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