To export xml to a new browser window

[Blacky]

Hi,

I want to export a datatable to xml.And open the xml file with a open save cancel dialogue in a new window.Here is the code,

       DataTable dt = dtPDF.Copy();
            XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
            dt.TableName = "access";

            for (int columnRemoveIndex = 0; columnRemoveIndex <= strRemoveColumn.Length - 1; columnRemoveIndex++)
            {
                dt.Columns.Remove(strRemoveColumn[columnRemoveIndex]);
            }

            for (int headerIndex = 0; headerIndex <= strHeaderText.Length - 1; headerIndex++)
            {
                dt.Columns[headerIndex].ColumnName = strHeaderText[headerIndex];
            }
            dt.AcceptChanges();
            string FileName = belvaPDFFileName + "_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("mm_dd_yyyy") + DateTime.Now.Millisecond + ".xml";
            string XMLFileName = Folder + "\\" + FileName;
            dt.WriteXml(XMLFileName);

            xmldoc.Load(XMLFileName);

      
             HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/xml";
            HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + FileName);
             xmldoc.Save(HttpContext.Current.Response.OutputStream);
             HttpContext.Current.Response.End();

The code works fine but it opens xml file in a new tab in the browser.
I want to open in new window.Any one please help asap.

Thanks in advance

[Frinavale]

The button or the hyperlink control that opens the new window needs to have JavaScript that does it for you.

You should have something like:

VB:

myButton.Attributes.Add("onclick","window.open("""+newAspxPage.aspx"""+","""+"NameOfNewWindow"""+","""+"toolbar=no,menubar=no,width=1000,height=8000,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes"""+"); return false;")

C#:

myButton.Attributes.Add("onclick","window.open(\"newAspxPage.aspx\",\"+"NameOfNewWindow\",\"toolbar=no,menubar=no,width=1000,height=8000,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes\"); return false;");

See the JavaScript window.open method for more information.

-Frinny

[Blacky]

I tried but i need to open the file in new window.When i used javascript the new window appears as pop up with a blank page n file opens separately....
whats the change i need to do in my code..??

[Blacky]

I tried but i need to open the file in new window.When i used javascript the new window appears as pop up with a blank page n file opens separately....
whats the change i need to do in my code..??
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[semomaniz]

make sure your new page that is being directed by your JavaScript has the code to display the xml file and also have the appropriate button to save or to cancel

[Frinavale]

I tried but i need to open the file in new window.When i used javascript the new window appears as pop up with a blank page n file opens separately....
whats the change i need to do in my code..??

XML is not HTML. The browser is expecting HTML and when it detects that you are sending an XML file it handles it in the most appropriate way: lets the user save the XML file as a download. Or, it may not even do this, it may attempt to display the XML file.

Instead of sending pure XML down to the browser, wrap the XML into HTML so that it the browser displays it as you want it to be displayed. Once you've done this, be sure to change the Content Type back to HTML so that the browser doesn't treat the HTML as an XML/application type.

-Frinny