Nothing groundbreaking here, but if you need to know how to convert plain text to an MD5 Hash, here you go:

1using System;
2using System.Security.Cryptography;
3using System.Text;
4
5public static string ConvertToMD5(string plainText)
6{
7    byte[] input = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
8    byte[] output = MD5.Create().ComputeHash(input);
9    return Convert.ToBase64String(output).Trim();
10}

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File uploads do not work when doing async postbacks due to security restrictions. Because of this, we have to add a PostBackTrigger. PostbackTriggers enable controls inside an UpdatePanel to cause a postback instead of performing an asynchronous postback. Here's a code snippet that shows how to accomplish this.
 
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="cphContent" runat="Server">
    <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat ="server">
        <Triggers>
            <asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="imgbtnUpload" />
        </Triggers>
         <ContentTemplate>
              <asp:FileUpload ID="txtFile" runat ="server" />
            <asp:ImageButton ID="imgbtnUpload" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Common/Images/upload.gif" OnClick="imgbtnNext_Click" />
        </ContentTemplate>
    </ asp:UpdatePanel>
</ asp:Content>

By adding the PostbackTrigger, you can mix controls that make AJAX calls with controls that require the postback and maintain the good user experience.