Question

I am creating an application in c# with mvc 2010 Express and at some point, the user can upload a file and open/download it to/from the database.
Here is the table in which I store the files:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tClientsFiles](  
    [IdClient] [int] NOT NULL,  
    [IdFile] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,  
    [Name] [varchar](256) NULL,  
    [Type] [varchar](256) NULL,  
    [Lenght] [money] NULL,  
    [Content] [varbinary](max) NULL,  
    [DateAdd] [datetime] NULL,  
    [UserAdd] [varchar](50) NULL)  

In tClientsFiles.Name, I store the path and name of the file with: uploadFile.FileName;, where uploadFile is an HttpPostedFileBase. So for insance, if the file is Test.txt and it is in the User’s Desktop, it stores C:\Users\user\Desktop\test.txt

Then, when viewing/downloading the file, I have a link to an ActionResult in my Controller:

public ActionResult GetFile(int id)
    {
        var file = dre.tClientsFiles.First(m => m.IdFile == id);

        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(file.Content, 0, 0, true, true);
        Response.ContentType = file.Type;
        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + file.Name);
        Response.Buffer = true;
        Response.Clear();
        Response.OutputStream.Write(ms.GetBuffer(), 0, ms.GetBuffer().Length);
        Response.OutputStream.Flush();
        Response.End();
        return new FileStreamResult(Response.OutputStream, file.Type);
    }

When opening the file, it names it with its “Name” file.Name, like this: c_Users_user_Desktop_Test.

My question is: is there a way (maybe modifying my Response.AddHeader) to name it with just its “real name”? (I mean, in our example: Test)
Or maybe a way to store the Name in a different way so that it just stores its “real name” instead of the name and its whole path?

Thanks a lot for your time!

Answer 1

Try

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + Path.GetFileName(file.Name));