Question

Suppose that I want my ASP.net web server to open a file and then send it to the browser.

First, I write this:

FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(@"\\myshare\myfile.zip");
FileStream fileStream = file.Open(FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);

What comes next?

I would think something along the lines of Response.Write(..., but I’m having trouble figuring it out.

Answer 1

A good way to send files is using the content-disposition header before you send the actual raw data

for instance:

Response.ContentType = "application/jpeg";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
Response.WriteFile(path);
Response.End();

where fileName is just the filename (with extension)
and path is the full path to the file