Working with BinaryWrite

[Jeff Dillon]

From a client, I call

http://server/retrieve.aspx?guid=somevalue

Then, in page_load of retrieve.aspx I have

filespec = "test.mdb"
pathspec = "c:\"

MyFileStream = New FileStream(pathspec & filespec, FileMode.Open)
FileSize = MyFileStream.Length

Dim Buffer(CInt(FileSize)) As Byte
MyFileStream.Read(Buffer, 0, CInt(FileSize))
MyFileStream.Close()

Response.BufferOutput = True
Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown"
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" &
filespec)
Response.BinaryWrite(Buffer)
Response.Flush()
But if I have the above http link in an email message for example, the file
downloads just fine with the Save As dialog, but back in the browser, it
displays:

Action canceled
Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested.
The page might be temporarily unavailable.
How can I place a meaningful message in the browser, or redirect?
Response.Redirect or Server.Transfer are ignored after the Flush. Any
ideas?

Jeff

[Matt Berther]

Hello Jeff,

After Response.Flush, try Response.End(). My guess is you're getting further
into the Page processing than you want to.

When I do things like this, I typically implement them as an HttpHandler,
however, that's beyond the scope of your question. :=)

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com

From a client, I call

http://server/retrieve.aspx?guid=somevalue

Then, in page_load of retrieve.aspx I have

filespec = "test.mdb"
pathspec = "c:\"
MyFileStream = New FileStream(pathspec & filespec, FileMode.Open)
FileSize = MyFileStream.Length

Dim Buffer(CInt(FileSize)) As Byte
MyFileStream.Read(Buffer, 0, CInt(FileSize))
MyFileStream.Close()
Response.BufferOutput = True
Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown"
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" &
filespec)
Response.BinaryWrite(Buffer)
Response.Flush()
But if I have the above http link in an email message for example, the
file downloads just fine with the Save As dialog, but back in the
browser, it displays:

Action canceled
Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you
requested.
The page might be temporarily unavailable.
How can I place a meaningful message in the browser, or redirect?
Response.Redirect or Server.Transfer are ignored after the Flush. Any
ideas?

Jeff