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Asked: 2026-05-18T05:26:49+00:00

I have written a function which takes a whole bunch of files, zips them

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I have written a function which takes a whole bunch of files, zips them up and then allows the user to download this zip all through an asp.net website.

However, these zip files are going to be pretty large (like 1GB large), so it won’t happen immediately, what i’d like to do is to be able to have this running on a seperate thread (possible?) while the user continues to navigate around the website, and once the zip is created, have some way of notifying them so they can then download this zip.

I was hoping for some pointers on how best to do this in c# and also in terms of UI.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

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    Asynchronous Pages in ASP.NET 2.0

    you can’t wait too long in asp.net to complete the task due to the fear of page recycling , session expires , it would be great that you zip these files using some other process and update a flag either in database or somewhere in the private network that your zip component is ready !! your asp.net application should read this flag and than let the user know that their zip is ready to be downloaded.

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