I have a sql database that stores some documents.
A user can sign into the application, and view a list of their documents.
When clicking a linkbutton download in a gridview of their docs, I get the file from the database, write it to the file system, and then execute this code.
System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["UploadPath"] + DocumentName);
Response.Clear();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Cookies.Clear();
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Private);
Response.CacheControl = "private";
Response.Charset = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8.WebName;
Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", file.Length.ToString());
Response.AppendHeader("Pragma","cache");
Response.AppendHeader("Expires", "60");
Response.ContentType = GetContentType(file.Extension);
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition",
"inline; " +
"filename=\"" + file.Name + "\"; " +
"size=" + file.Length.ToString() + "; " +
"creation-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R") + "; " +
"modification-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R") + "; " +
"read-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R"));
My GetContentType() method just returns the appropriate file type for the files I'm allowing "application/pdf, application/msw0rd, etc.
My problem is that when the file gets saved, it's the webpage itself, not the file from the file system. And in google chrome, it's putting a .htm extension on the end of the filename, I guess because it knows it's a web page?
Anyhow, a great first step would be to get the actual file, and not a copy of the web page in HTML they are sitting on!
Thanks.
Instead of
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; " + "filename=
use
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition:", "attachment;filename=