That is exactly why I am puzzled.
The file path is okay and no exception happens. It just does not do what it
should do when installed on the server. In addition the download page is
closed automatically, I have not code for closing it. So it is weird.
[quoted text, click to view] "Alexey Smirnov" wrote:
> On Jun 18, 10:11 pm, Carlos Lozano
> <CarlosLoz...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have the following section of code in a popup window that is opened from
> > other page when clicking a button:
> > The downloadFile method is called from the Page_Load Event.
> >
> > private void downloadFile(string filename)
> > {
> > Response.ClearHeaders();
> > Response.ClearContent();
> >
> > // set the http content type to "APPLICATION/OCTET-STREAM
> > Response.ContentType = "APPLICATION/OCTET-STREAM";
> >
> > // initialize the http content-disposition header to
> > // indicate a file attachment with the default filename
> > // "myFile.txt"
> > //String disHeader = "Attachment; Filename=\"" + filename +
> > "\"";
> > string disHeader = "Attachment; Filename=" + filename;
> > Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", disHeader);
> >
> > // transfer the file byte-by-byte to the response object
> > System.IO.FileInfo fileToDownload = new
> > System.IO.FileInfo(Server.MapPath("Downloads") + "\\" + filename);
> >
> > Response.Flush();
> > Response.WriteFile(fileToDownload.FullName);
> > Response.End();
> >
> > }
> >
> > This code works okay when running locally (http://localhost/site). If I try
> > to run it on a server in the internet (http://server/site) it does not show
> > the file download dialog.
> > The popup window is shown very fast, then it is closed right away.
> >
> > Any ideas? Is it a security issue?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Carlos
>
> Try to add a try..catch block to see the error (if any)
>
> try {
> ....your code
> } catch (Exception e)
> // file IO errors
> {
> Response.Write (e.getMessage());
> }
>
> also try to check the path you get in fileToDownload.FullName
>
