sending file to client side

[rak]

Hi, I need to send a file created at the server to client side. I could redirect the url to point to the excel file im generating and rely on IE to open. But I want the open/save dialog to popup. Is there any way I can stream the file? thanks Rak

[Norman Fung]

The REFERENCE article below is not exactly what you're asking for, but if you look at it carefully, it gives you what it takes to send a file to client side: By playing with Http headers: Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=" + fileName); Response.ContentType = contentType; Response.OutputStream.Write(fileData, 0, fileData.Length); //fileData is held in memory --> you need to load the memory with your Excel file instead. REFERENCE: http://stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2003031201&page=11 One caveat: It's important to specify "content length". You will find corrupted files otherwise (An important piece of information not found in the article). But, here it is: Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", filesize.ToString()); norm

[rak]

Thanks norman. that helped

[CillyMe]

Happy coding rak.