ASP.NET Implement Push File to Browser Method

  • 2021-06-29 10:48:22
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This article shows an example of how ASP.NET can push files to a browser.Share it for your reference.Specific analysis is as follows:

The main implementation here is from the server to the browser, pushing files, providing users with the ability to download/browse.

Tip: Invalid in AJAX UpdatePanel.If the code is called from a button click event, the button needs to be outside of AJAX UpdatePanel.

The code is as follows:


/// <summary>
/// Downloads (pushes) file to the client browser. 
/// **** NOTE **** Cannot be done from inside an AJAX UpdatePanel control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fullFilePath">The full file path of the file</param>
protected void DownloadFile(string fullFilePath)
{
  // Gets the File Name
  string fileName = fullFilePath.Substring(fullFilePath.LastIndexOf('\\') + 1);
  byte[] buffer;
  using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(fullFilePath, FileMode.Open))
  {
    int fileSize = (int)fileStream.Length;
    buffer = new byte[fileSize];
    // Read file into buffer
    fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)fileSize);
  }
  Response.Clear();
  Response.Buffer = true;
  Response.BufferOutput = true;
  Response.ContentType = "application/x-download";
  Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
  Response.CacheControl = "public";
  // writes buffer to OutputStream
  Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
  Response.End();
}

I hope that the description in this paper will be helpful to everyone's asp.net program design.


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