code for downloading a file

[CreativeMind]

hi, I am facing problem in download hyperlink..plz give me the
solution.
in codebehind,
private void repDocuments_It emDataBound(obj ect sender,
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Repe aterItemEventAr gs e)
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Hype rLink myLink =
(System.Web.UI. WebControls.Hyp erLink)repDocum ents.Items[i].FindControl("L nkDownLoad");
and in aspx page,
<TD align="left" valign="top" class="GridCell "><a id="LnkDownLoad "
href='../PropertyDocumen ts/<%#DataBinder.E val(Container,
"DataItem.Physi calFileName")%> ' class="recordLi nk LnkAppear">
Download</a></TD>
....now when i click on hyperlink 'download', i see the the file in
browser window but i want the download dialog , how can i do that??
thx

[Alexey Smirnov]

Re: code for downloading a file

On Oct 6, 12:36 pm, CreativeMind <aftab.pu...@gm ail.comwrote:

hi, I am facing problem in download hyperlink..plz give me the
solution.
in codebehind,
 private void repDocuments_It emDataBound(obj ect sender,
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Repe aterItemEventAr gs e)
 System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Hype rLink myLink =
(System.Web.UI. WebControls.Hyp erLink)repDocum ents.Items[i].FindControl("L nk DownLoad");
and in aspx page,
<TD align="left" valign="top" class="GridCell "><a id="LnkDownLoad "
href='../PropertyDocumen ts/<%#DataBinder.E val(Container,
"DataItem.Physi calFileName")%> ' class="recordLi nk LnkAppear">
Download</a></TD>
...now when i click on hyperlink 'download', i see the the file in
browser window but i want the download dialog , how can i do that??
thx

If you want to have the "Save File As" dialog to be presented to the
client, instead of pointing to the file you have to create a new page
which would send a content of the file to the browser with a flag to
force download

Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", "attachment;... ..

You can find a lot of tutorials for this, for example,

http://www.aspnetmime.com/tutorials/Sample_AttachmentToBrowser.aspx

Another option is to open the link in the new window, using
target=_blank.. .