Sending a byte[] as response in webapp

[Adam Clauss]

Alright, I have a webapp in which I need to send a byte[] (which happens to
be the contents of an excel spreadsheet read in from the .xls file).

Now, I can't actually redirect the user (Response.Redir ect()) to the file,
so I want to just send the byte[] itself.

My question is, Response.Write( ) only takes a char[], so how can I send this
byte[]? (And what other headers might I need to set since I'm doing this
sorta manually?)

Thanks!

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Adam Clauss
cabadam@tamu.ed u

[helmut fish]

Re: Sending a byte[] as response in webapp

Try Response.Binary Write()

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"Adam Clauss" <cabadam@nospam .tamu.edu> wrote in message
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> Alright, I have a webapp in which I need to send a byte[] (which happens
> to be the contents of an excel spreadsheet read in from the .xls file).
>
> Now, I can't actually redirect the user (Response.Redir ect()) to the file,
> so I want to just send the byte[] itself.
>
> My question is, Response.Write( ) only takes a char[], so how can I send
> this byte[]? (And what other headers might I need to set since I'm doing
> this sorta manually?)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Adam Clauss
> cabadam@tamu.ed u
>
>
>[/color]

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Re: Sending a byte[] as response in webapp

hi,

also you need to set the correct content/type, here is an example:

Response.Clear( );
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/vnd.ms-excel";
string file = Session["ReportFile "].ToString();
Response.Append Header( "content-disposition", "inline;filenam e=" +
file.Substring( file.LastIndexO f( @"\")+1) );
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream( file , FileMode.Open);
byte[] buffer = new Byte[4096];
while( fileStream.Read (buffer, 0, 4096)>0 )
Response.Binary Write( buffer);
fileStream.Clos e();
Response.End();


Cheers,

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> Try Response.Binary Write()
>
> Visual Programming Ltd Ibex PDF Creator - High speed scalable XSL-FO mail
> PO Box 22-222, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand site Level 2, 2 Ganges
> Road, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand phone +64 4 479 1738 fax +64 4
> 479 1294 web http://www.xmlpdf.com
> "Adam Clauss" <cabadam@nospam .tamu.edu> wrote in message
> news:%235BESIGR FHA.2384@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..[color=green]
>> Alright, I have a webapp in which I need to send a byte[] (which happens
>> to be the contents of an excel spreadsheet read in from the .xls file).
>>
>> Now, I can't actually redirect the user (Response.Redir ect()) to the
>> file, so I want to just send the byte[] itself.
>>
>> My question is, Response.Write( ) only takes a char[], so how can I send
>> this byte[]? (And what other headers might I need to set since I'm doing
>> this sorta manually?)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Adam Clauss
>> cabadam@tamu.ed u
>>
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]