Question

When a user clicks a button, the server generates an Excel file.

When it is generated, I need for it be sent to the user as a standard download.

Is the correct way to do this to redirect the user to the path of the Excel file?

Thanks

Answer 1

Stream it as an attachment

byte[] bytes = your generated file
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader( "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=bob.xls" );
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
Response.BinaryWrite( bytes );
Response.End();