Web Forms :: When Select The File For Download, A Small Browser Appears To Ask Where You Which To Store This Data To?
Jan 17, 2011
I am using Visual Studio 2008 Express and I wish to select a file for downloading. I have seen websites that when you select the file for download, a small browser appears to ask you where you which to store this data to.How do I get that component ?? I know the path on the web design where my data is store, and if its must be a hyperlink, I can make a hyperlink to that path.All I wasnt is when the user select the file he wish to download, a small browser appears to ask where he was that store to.Can someone tell me what I need to do to get that ?
I'm creating an Excel file in C# on my asp.net web site. Then, I want to save this file somewhere within the web server's files, and send that file to the browser for the user to download. I've got it working on my local system in the dev environment, but I'm not getting the file addressing right. How can I store a file in "~ParentFolderSubFolderfile.ext". Then send that file to the browser for user download.
String outputFile = Utilities.writeToExcelFile("", MapPath(@"~ReportFilesTempFilesDropShipData.xls"), table); DownloadFile(outputFile); public void DownloadFile(string fname) { string path = fname; string name = Path.GetFileName(path); string ext = Path.GetExtension(path); string type = ""; // set known types based on file extension if (ext != null) { switch (ext.ToLower()) { case ".htm": case ".html": case ".aspx": case ".asp": type = "text/HTML"; break; case ".xls": case ".xlsx": case ".csv": type = "Application/x-msexcel"; break; case ".pdf": type = "Application/pdf"; break; case ".txt": type = "text/plain"; break; case ".doc": case ".docx": case ".rtf": type = "Application/msword"; break; } } Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + name); if (type != "") Response.ContentType = type; Response.WriteFile(path); Response.End(); }
Again, this works fine on my local pc, but when I move it to the server I get an error for accessing the path. And the path listed in the error code is NOT where I want the file to go.
I am using the following code to select data which appears between 2 dates:
string query = "SELECT (name, date) FROM date where tableinfo BETWEEN @date1 AND date2";[code]....
Now the above code is working fine. The only problem is that the date in the date column of the gridview is not in the proper format. What can i do in order to change the format of the date in the gridview. If the format of the date is changed in the databse itself I may be able to use the above SQL query.
I want to test my site using selenium which is an automated test tool where we have to code, and in my scenario I have excel file which I want to download but on download box there is save button but i want to know how to click on Save button ...
In an ASP.NET WebForms 2.0 site we are encountering an intermittent bug in IE6 whereby a file download attempt results in the contents of the being shown directly in the browser as text, rather than the file save dialog being displayed. Our application allows the user to download both PDF and CSV files. The code we're using is:
This is called from the code-behind click event handler of a button server control. Where are we going wrong with this approach? Edit Following James' answer to this posting, the code I'm using now looks like this:
HttpResponse response = HttpContext.Current.Response; response.ClearHeaders(); // Setting cache to NoCache was recommended, but doing so results in a security // warning in IE6 //response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache); response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="theFilename.pdf""); response.ContentType = "application/pdf"; response.BinaryWrite(MethodThatReturnsFileContents()); response.Flush(); response.End();
However, I don't believe that any of the changes made will fix the issue.
I'm trying to use jquery.Ajax to post data to an ASP.NET MVC2 action method that returns a JsonResult. Everything works great except when the response gets back to the browser it is treated as a file download instead of being passed into the success handler. Here's my code:
Javascript:
[Code]....
If I open the downloaded file the json is exactly what I'm looking for and the mime type is shown as application/json. What am I missing to make the jquery.ajax call receive the json returned?
I have a mail list where i can select many mails and download (with/without opening the mail). During the download process i update the mail status(download/open) and show the content in pdf. In normal browser dialog opens where user can save open or cancel options exits. But if the user cancel then the update process done on the mail should not happen. so i think about doing the update process if the user clicks open or save but how can i identity that client control (i think it depend on the browser)
The issue is present if i download and unopened mail and click cancel button in the dialog box the pdf creation code i have done is in this link
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which i used to open that dialog in browser to save pdf
when user click on link, it calls another page which in turn refers some assembly to initiate a download which takes some time to appear as it is rendered on fly..
The issue:
i wish to popup a message .. wait download initiated: when user clicks the download
and finally when the ie download popup appears i want to disable that popup..
I want to open the songfile automatically with blackberry native music player ,upon clicking that link. I have searched almost all web , but i was not able to find a solution, how we can download and open a file with native medal player browser. All the code samples i got was in java. Is there any code for doing that in asp.net ? Any alternative in html? The <object> & <embedd> tags are not displaying in the browser when i run the project. So, i think it won't work ? Is there any possible solution for that.... Suppose the content type="audio/mp3" . can any one specify code for that ?
When normal downloading, again Request Entity Too Large Error appears. It's not bcoz the file is large, Itz only 344 kb. Still its not working.Why is it so?
I have a gridview that allows the user to export this gridview to excel. Here is my codes but I would like my user to be able to select where to download the file
Protected Sub ExportToExcel(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExport.Click lblMsg.Visible = True Try Dim objSw As New StreamWriter(txtFileName.Text.Trim + ".xls") 'Dim serverFilePath As String = "D:Excel Files" 'Dim fileStream As New FileStream(serverFilePath, FileMode.Open) 'Dim fileSize As Long = fileStream.Length 'Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream" 'Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=""" & txtFileName.Text.Trim & """;") 'Dim fileBuffer As Byte() = New Byte(fileSize - 1) {} 'fileStream.Read(fileBuffer, 0, CInt(fileSize)) 'Response.BinaryWrite(fileBuffer) 'fileStream.Close() 'Response.[End]() Dim objDt As DataTable = DirectCast(Session("Data"), DataTable).Copy() 'Get No Of Column in GridView Dim NoOfColumn As Integer = objDt.Columns.Count...........................
I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 + Silverlight 3.0 + ASP.Net to develop a Silverlight application (a video media player) in browser and the function is simple, just use MediaElement to play a remote video file.The remote server is Windows Server 2008 + IIS 7.0 + IIS Media Bit Rate Throttling Control.Since the request media URL can be discovered (e.g. from traffic sniffer), and I want to know how to prevent from download directly from the Url? i.e. I want end user to use my Silverlight media player application in browser to play the file, prevent them from download to local directly. Any easy and quick solution or reference code/documents?
I am developing a small browser based game in asp.net. Think of a game room which has a capaticy of 22 players and players join the room by clicking a button. ( I am saving the number of players in the room in database) I need to call a method when the number of players in the room is 22. The problem is I don't know how to control the number of players in the room. I mean I think like there need to be a bacground code which has to run all the time at the server and that code controls the number and call the function.
I want to create log user file download history.I have shown all of my in gridview and in template filed use hyperlink to download file.But I didn't get server side event to store data in sql for download history.I try to manage it using JavaScript but when pop blocker catch file download then database entry two times ,
Is it better to store images directly in a database or to just store the name of the file in the db and display that file? I would think that just storing the filename of the image would keep the db size low...
I am developing a application similar to a forum. I want to attach documents in .doc and .PDF formats. I want to know how could i download these attachments and open directly in a browser without saving the downloaded document.
I have a DataGrid which is populated by a list of the .doc files in a folder.When one of the items in the list is clicked the browser should then download that file for the user to open. At the moment when one of the items is clicked the browser attempt to download the file from the root folder of the website, is there a simple line of code I can use to say 'download the file from "root/folder/folder/folder/filename.doc" instead of from "root/filename.doc"Currently I am using this code:
I am downloading file from database using the following code. This code downloads an excel file from the database which has a macro attached to it when it is opened. This macro reads file name of the excel file and uses it for its computation. Everthing works file if user saves the file on his harddisk and then open if but if he directly opens the file from the dialog(by hitting 'Open' button) then file name of the opened excel file comes out be the name of the webform that has the above code and this leads to error in the macro. Is there any option through which i can control the name of the file if user directly opens the file from dialog or the option to disable or remove 'Open' button form the dialog?
