I bought this extension in the hopes that I would be able to use this multi-uploader as part of a page that allows a user to add a bunch of entries to a database at one time.

After setting it up for the first time after purchasing it, I see that it's more of a "dumb" uploader. Is it possible to get to this to work so that each image uploaded creates a new database record in a table?

Hello,
Of course it is possible, and this is described in the user's manual:
www.dmxzone.com/go/15551/advanced-multi-uploader-manual/ Please watch the Upload multiple files and add their file names in the database video on the link i provided.

Thanks! I've done this per the instructions but the uploader doesn't seem to be working. It just sits there forever saying "pending" on each image I selected to upload. No errors - just not working. Any ideas?

Please provide a link to your page.

www.cheeptrims.com/sandbox/userimages-add.asp?theUserID=1

It seems you changed the form name from default: UploadQueue to ActionForm. This confuses the multi uploader as it looks for: "UploadQueue". Please use the default form name/id provided.

Ok, we have progress now. But now I get error 21 - an error has occurred while saving the file.

Is this directory permissions or something like that?

Please check if there are any permissions set on your directory, Please also make sure your are not using redirect with the multi uploader (leave the redirect url blank) as Adobe Flash security permissions do not allow it.

Edit:
the whole message is:

<h1>Upload Error</h1>(21) An error has occurred while saving the file 'rad93DDE.tmp' in folder D:\inetpub\wwwroot\cheeptrims\store\images\subcats\. Maybe you don't have the proper permissions.

So i assume this is a folder permissions problem.

I'll have to check on the directory permissions but I did have a redirect in the pureasp 3, which I removed.

Once you insert the multi uploader behavior, the only thing you can edit is the regular pure asp upload 3 behavior. Is that how it's supposed to work?

Yes,
You can only edit the the regular pure asp upload 3 behavior. Advanced Multi Uploader allows you to select multiple files at once.

I've tried using this with a couple of different directories, which I know have the usual permissions needed for upload. Is there something different required for permissions? I usually just have them add read/write/modify to the directory in question. Shouldn't that be enough?

Thanks for all the direct support on this. I really appreciate it!

Please check the following article:
www.dmxzone.com/go/5791/pure-asp-upload-tutorials/tutorials/folder_security/index.htm