how to write code to download file
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i am trying to export a excel file to the user when they click a button, i tried Response.WriteFile("filename"), it only display the content in the same page, can someone tell me whats the code to prompt them with a save as option? Thank you in advance.
You need to set the content type to be application/zip and then it will come back as a download.
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i am trying to export a excel file to the user when they click a button, i tried Response.WriteFile("filename"), it only display the content in the same page, can someone tell me whats the code to prompt them with a save as option? Thank you in advance.
Another way is to add the file in header of the response
tring filename = "YourFileName.xls"; if (filename != "") { string path = Server.MapPath(filename); System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(path); if (file.Exists) { Response.Clear(); Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + file.Name); Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", file.Length.ToString()); Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"; Response.WriteFile(file.FullName); Response.End(); } else { Response.Write("This file does not exist."); }Thanks and Regards Sandeep If If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything, If you look at what you have in life, you have everything... "