Q: Input type file not getting populated in Edit View ASP.NET MVC I have this model:
public class PostAddRequest
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string FeaturedImagePath { get; set; }
        public HttpPostedFileBase FeaturedImage { get; set; }
    }

Now, in the controller I cannot find how to populate the HttpPostedFileBase property, so that the input type field would be populated.

A: This can't be done, because it shouldn't be done.  Change your approach.
You don't want to pre-populate a file input from the server.  Even if it were possible, consider what would be involved in a scenario where the user submits the form without changing the file:

*

*The server would send the entire file to the client

*The client would save the file to the file system

*The client would re-send the entire file back to the server

*The file would still be saved somewhere on the client for no reason?  What then?

Take a step back and re-think the approach.  The file input is initially empty and there for the purpose of the user selecting a new file if they want to.
To show the user that a file already exists on the server, provide a UI separate from the file input.  It could be something as simple as this:
<a href="/files/123">Filename.ext</a> (click to download)
<a href="/files/123/delete">Delete?</a>
Select a new file: <input type="file" name="file" />

Or anything along those lines of functionality.  Basically you have three operations available:

*

*Get the file

*Delete the file

*Upload a new file

Those are separate operations, invoked by separate UI elements.  The file input only covers one of those operations.
