Download file and a "dead window"

[nino.altran@gmail.com]

In an aspx page there is the possibility to download a file. I don't
want to give the user a direct link, so I wrote the following code:

.....
try
{
byte[] buff = System.IO.File. ReadAllBytes(pa th);
int filesize = buff.Length;

Response.ClearH eaders();
Response.AddHea der("Content-type", ContentType);
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", "attachment ;
filename=\"" + filename + "\"");
Response.Output Stream.Write(bu ff, 0, filesize);
Response.Output Stream.Flush();
}
catch
{ .....

I have a problem:
- If I put this code in my page, when the postback is executed the
download starts, but the page "dies" (the postback doesn't render
again my page)
- If I put this code in a new page, loaded in a popup, the download
starts but the popup "dies" (I can't write anything in it and I don't
know how I can close it automatically)

Can someone help me? Thank you in advance!

[Hans Kesting]

Re: Download file and a "dead window"

nino.altran@gma il.com formulated the question :

In an aspx page there is the possibility to download a file. I don't
want to give the user a direct link, so I wrote the following code:
>
.....
try
{
byte[] buff = System.IO.File. ReadAllBytes(pa th);
int filesize = buff.Length;
>
Response.ClearH eaders();
Response.AddHea der("Content-type", ContentType);
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", "attachment ;
filename=\"" + filename + "\"");
Response.Output Stream.Write(bu ff, 0, filesize);
Response.Output Stream.Flush();
}
catch
{ .....
>
I have a problem:
- If I put this code in my page, when the postback is executed the
download starts, but the page "dies" (the postback doesn't render
again my page)
- If I put this code in a new page, loaded in a popup, the download
starts but the popup "dies" (I can't write anything in it and I don't
know how I can close it automatically)
>
Can someone help me? Thank you in advance!

You might need a Response.Clear( ).
I always end these kind of codeblocks with a Response.End() and have no
problem with "dead" pages.

Note: there is also a Response.WriteF ile(path) which doesn't need to
buffer the entire file.

Hans Kesting

[nino.altran@gmail.com]

Re: Download file and a "dead window"

Thank you for your answer, unfortunately my page keeps not working...
but I found a trick to kill the "dead window" with javascript. Thank
you again!

[Patrice]

Re: Download file and a "dead window"

You may want to double check this to solve the problem rather than to cure
its consequences.

AFAIK this is when you actually send something (generally I'm using a link
to a download page). Knowing how it is triggered could help so that we can
try to repro this behavior (if opening a window using js rather than a
link)...

--
Patrice

<nino.altran@gm ail.coma écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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Thank you for your answer, unfortunately my page keeps not working...
but I found a trick to kill the "dead window" with javascript. Thank
you again!