I am trying to execute the Response.TransmitFile () command to request a download. I read several posts on this issue and based my method on Rick Strahl's blog
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/76293.aspx
The only difference (I can say) is that I am targeting the physical file outside of the virtual directory. This code is called in ajaxified radgrid ... I wonder if response.transmitfile does not work with ajax calls? Here is my code snippet:
string docFilePath = (string)args.AttachmentKeyValues["DocFilePath"];
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(docFilePath);
if (file.Exists)
{
Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + file.Name);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", file.Length.ToString());
Response.ContentType = ReturnExtension(file.Extension.ToLower());
Response.TransmitFile(file.FullName);
Response.End();
}
See how the system knows that the file exists ... it goes to Response.End () without errors ... then it continues the application correctly ... In addition, there is no invitation to download.
ReturnExtension (, !)
string ReturnExtension(string fileExtension)
{
switch (fileExtension)
{
case ".htm":
case ".html":
case ".log":
return "text/HTML";
case ".txt":
return "text/plain";
case ".doc":
return "application/ms-word";
case ".tiff":
case ".tif":
return "image/tiff";
case ".asf":
return "video/x-ms-asf";
case ".avi":
return "video/avi";
case ".zip":
return "application/zip";
case ".xls":
case ".csv":
return "application/vnd.ms-excel";
case ".gif":
return "image/gif";
case ".jpg":
case "jpeg":
return "image/jpeg";
case ".bmp":
return "image/bmp";
case ".wav":
return "audio/wav";
case ".mp3":
return "audio/mpeg3";
case ".mpg":
case "mpeg":
return "video/mpeg";
case ".rtf":
return "application/rtf";
case ".asp":
return "text/asp";
case ".pdf":
return "application/pdf";
case ".fdf":
return "application/vnd.fdf";
case ".ppt":
return "application/mspowerpoint";
case ".dwg":
return "image/vnd.dwg";
case ".msg":
return "application/msoutlook";
case ".xml":
case ".sdxl":
return "application/xml";
case ".xdp":
return "application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml";
default:
return "application/octet-stream";
}
}