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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Downloading a file

Hello all,

here is the code for downloading any file from the specified location using the file stream.. Please refer the code for the same..

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim root As String = "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Test\"
Dim filepath As String = "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Test\Test.2.zip"
If File.Exists(filepath) And filepath.StartsWith(root) Then
Dim filename As String = Path.GetFileName(filepath)
Response.
Clear()
Response.
ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
Response.
AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=""" & filename & """")
Response.
Flush()
Response.
WriteFile(filepath)

End If
End Sub

Thanks
Anil Kumar Pandey
System Architect, MVP
Mumbai, Maharshtra

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