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frustration with events firing Messages   Related Types This message was discovered on microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet. Post a new message to this list... Rob ok, so im ready to absolutely throw my self right into the monitor, can anyone explain why certain events fire before others in asp.net? in my case, after some processing a final download aspx page calls a download function which writes a file to the browser.. yet after that is done I want the page to redirect to another page, but no matter what I try it wont redirect, I know there is something with the way ..net works, I just cant figure it out. here is simplified version of code process.... call downloadfile Sub downloadfile (fullfile as string) Dim fstream As FileStream = File.Open(fullfile, FileMode.Open) Dim fsize As Long = fstream.Length Dim Buffer(CInt(fsize)) As Byte fstream.Read(Buffer, 0, CInt(fsize)) fstream.Close() Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + filename) Response.BinaryWrite(Buffer) Response.Redirect("main.aspx")<--- this does not fire at all? end sub after the open/save window comes up , the redirect never fires.. thoughts appreciated. Reply to this message...        Hermit Dave you are sending the file to the user and you need to finish the current request before the client can make another request. in this case user Response.Redirect (it executes from client browser) and since the client is still not done with the last request.. nothing will happen. -- Regards, Hermit Dave (http://hdave.blogspot.com) "Rob" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:Click here to reveal e-mail address... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        bruce barker your approach will not work. you can not return content and redirect in the same response. redirect works by sending a special header with a redirect url. if the browser sees this header, it loads the url. in your code you are sending a response, then sending a header which the browser will never see. -- bruce (sqlwork.com) "Rob" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:Click here to reveal e-mail address... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Rob thank you all for your thoughts. so how would you do this then? how can you send the file to the browser, and have the page redirect, or do any other activity AFTER the file has been written to browser? "bruce barker" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:<OsqO$Click here to reveal e-mail address>... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Hermit Dave you cant thats why most people send the file over using a new window. ie use a button or a hyperlink with target as _blank and then send the request for the aspx page that sends the file. ie its a content type that cannot be open by the browser then it will keep the user on current page.. but thats about all you can do. if you find a work around do let me know... -- Regards, Hermit Dave (http://hdave.blogspot.com) "Rob" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:Click here to reveal e-mail address... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Kevin Spencer I keep a copy of the following article taped to my wall: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconControlExecutionLifecycle.asp -- HTH, Kevin Spencer ..Net Developer Microsoft MVP I get paid good money to solve puzzles for a living "Rob" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:Click here to reveal e-mail address... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...     System.IO.File System.IO.FileMode System.IO.FileStream Ad MBR BootFX Best-of-breed application framework for .NET projects, developed by Matthew Baxter-Reynolds and MBR IT

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