Aurigma Image Uploader description
ActiveX control for mass image uploading from IE, creating thumbnails, etc

Aurigma Image Uploader will enable site developers to provide their clients with a user-friendly uploading interface for numerous files.

Now to upload, say, 10 files, the user doesn't need to click 10 times on the "Browse" button and select each file separately (as through the standard HTML elements). Now the user can navigate their folders directly in their browser, select necessary files, and start uploading them in only few clicks.

However Image Uploader has much more benefits against standard HTML upload elements. It allows to optimize upload size and speed, upload several files concurrently, resume the broken upload automatically, generate additional information allowing to verify the uploaded files integrity, and much more.

Image Uploader is specially designed to upload images. First of all, when users navigate their files, they see image previews. Additionally, Image Uploader can generate any number of thumbnails and upload them along with original files.

Moreover, you can even exclude the original file from the upload and send a resized version only. This way you can greatly optimize the upload size and speed.

It also enables the user to rotate the image before uploading. Images can be rotated not just manually by the user but also automatically, depending on EXIF information stored in digital photos.

Multiple popular image file formats are supported: JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP, etc.

This way it is an ideal solution for the sites that provide image storage-related services. Here are just a few examples:
· Online photo hosting.
· Online photo print ordering.
· Photo blogs.
· Images databases for different industries.

Here are some key features of "Aurigma Image Uploader":

Convenient user interface:
· Drag-and-drop support.
· Thumbnails for images.
· Different view modes (thumbnails, list, details, icons).
· Keyboard shortcuts.
· Select file, delete file, rotate image, image quality meter controls located on thumbnails.
· Configurable colors.
· Configurable buttons appearance.
· Most user interface elements that can be toggled.
· Several layouts.
· Native look-and-feel for different platforms including Vista.
· Localization support. Translations into 9 languages are included.

Rich upload features:
· ZIP compression for files.
· Upload of any kind of files without limitations for size or count.
· Progress dialog with statistics.
· Concurrent uploads of multiple files.
· SaveLoad file upload lists.
· Auto-recovery of broken uploads.
· Upload of any additional information by appending HTML form.
· Configurable restrictions for file size, type, count and image dimensions.

Image processing features:
· Support of most popular file formats: JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP, etc.
· Unlimited number of thumbnails generated per one uploaded image.
· Ability to upload only resized copy of an image (optimize upload traffic).
· Image rotation (automatic and manual).
· Text and image watermarks.
· EXIF and IPTC fields support.

Platform independent:
· Compatible with most modern browsers.
· Can be used with ANY server platform.
· Demos for the following platforms are included: ASP.NET (C# and VB.NET), JSP, PHP, Perl, Python, ColdFusion, Ruby.
· Rich documentation with detailed object reference and numerous code samples is included.


Requirements:

ActiveX Version
· Internet Explorer 5 or higher.

Java Version
· Java runtime version 1.4 or above.
· Any browser which supports Java applets.
· LiveConnect availability (required for some advanced features such as additional form name uploading, event handling, etc).


Limitations:

· 30 days trial
· Nag window which prompts that this version of Image Uploader is unregistered. It appears every time you start the file upload.