Question

I have this code

private void writeReport(IReport report, string reportName)
{
    string reportString = report.makeReport();
    ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
    byte[] encodedReport = encoding.GetBytes(reportString);
    Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
    Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename="+ reportName +".txt");
    Response.OutputStream.Write(encodedReport, 0, encodedReport.Length);
    Response.End();
}

but I have 3 documents that I need to send to the client. I’d rather not have to make the user click 3 buttons to get them the 3 txt files. Is there a way to send all 3 on one reponse?

Answer 1

Nope, multipart attachments for download (like as in email) aren’t supported for security reasons. It’s called a “drive-by download.”

Note that Gmail handles this by dynamically zipping up the files. You should too. http://forums.asp.net/t/1240811.aspx