Question

How can we write a blank file in C# Response Object?

I want to write a file whose path does not exist at all.

System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.WriteFile("blank.txt")

how can I do it?

Answer 1

You can not. What you can do is, make an empty file and name it “blank.txt” and keep it in your solution.

Could I know the reason for writing blank file. It is not equivalent of not writing anything in response ?

UPDATE

Building on Jon’s idea, you can even simply write the HTTP headers

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename= errorLog.txt");
Response.AddHeader("content-length","0");
Response.Flush();


Response.End();

UPDATE 2

If you already have a errorLog.txt file, use Response.WriteFile directly