Question

The users have requested the option to “download” a csv file representation of GridView contents. Does anyone know how to do this without saving the file to the server but rather just streaming it to the user from memory?

Thanks

Answer 1

I created a StringBuilder and dump the contents to the Response object using the following code (“csv” is the StringBuilder variable).

    Response.ContentType = @"application/x-msdownload";
    Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + FILE_NAME);

    Response.Write(csv.ToString());
    Response.Flush();
    Response.End();