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Gavin

Hi All,

I think this is a simple question really.
I have an application that exports my crystal reports to .pdf and saves them
on my server, what I would like to do now is to begin an automatic download
of this file to the client but can't seem to get that to work.

If I just point the clients browser at the file then it just opens it, I
don't want this I want it to come up and ask them where they wish to save
it.

I hope this is a simple answer :).

Thanks,
Gavin

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Tim

This works fine for me:

try
{
String FileName =3D SavePDF();
Response.Clear();
    Response.Buffer =3D true;
    // if export to PDF
    if (ExportList.SelectedIndex =3D=3D 0)
    {
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf");
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=3D" + =
"orderlist.pdf" + ";");
    }
    // else export to Excel
    else
    {
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/xls");
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=3D" + =
"orderlist.xls" + ";");
    }
    FileStream Fs =3D new FileStream(FileName,FileMode.Open);
    long FileSize =3D Fs.Length;
    byte[] bBuffer =3D new Byte[FileSize];
    Fs.Read(bBuffer,0,Convert.ToInt32(FileSize));
    Fs.Close();

    Response.BinaryWrite(bBuffer);
    Response.Flush();
    Response.Close();
}

If you are using PDF, you should only watch the first case: =
Response.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf");

Best Regards,
Tim Musschoot
AspFriends Moderation Team

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Gavin

Thanks a million, that works perfectly.

I'm glad it wasn't totally obvious, I don't feel that dumb anymore..

Cheers,
Gavin

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