C# Asp.net write file to client

c#, response

Solution

You could use the Response.ContentType like this

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=yourfile.txt");

This of course works if you want to write a text file. In case you want to write a .doc for example you change the ContentType to "application/msword" etc...

Problem

I hope this is a quick question I hope. I need to write some reports and then have the user prompted to save it to his/her local machine. The last time I did this I wrote a file to the webserver and then sent it to the client via `Response` object. to create on the webserver ``` TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(filePath); ``` to send to client ``` page.Response.WriteFile(path); ``` The question is, Is there a way to skip the writing of the physical file to to the webserver and go right from an object that represent the document to the response?

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