Outputing text file to response stream

[Mantorok]

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and error,
here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "test/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[Mantorok]

corrected:

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and error,
here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[Mantorok]

That doesn't mean I've sorted it lol, just correcting the post...
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corrected:

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and error,
here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

Quick guess - shouldn't this read

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";

and not

Response.ContentType = "test/plain";

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and error,
here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "test/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[Mantorok]

See my 2nd message.

Kev

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
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Quick guess - shouldn't this read

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";

and not

Response.ContentType = "test/plain";

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and error,
here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "test/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

try adding a filename header

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

or change your content type to text/html

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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That doesn't mean I've sorted it lol, just correcting the post...
"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

corrected:

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and
error, here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[Mantorok]

Excellent, I added the filename header and that worked. What is the
filename actually used for?

Thanks
Kev

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:OP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

try adding a filename header

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

or change your content type to text/html

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

That doesn't mean I've sorted it lol, just correcting the post...
"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

corrected:

Hi all

I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and
error, here is the code:

Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

Response.End();
Any ideas?
Thanks
KEv

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

Most browsers have no understanding of what text/plain actually is - so it
interprets the stream as something else. The filename simply tells it that
its a .txt file extension and the system should treat it accordingly.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

Excellent, I added the filename header and that worked. What is the
filename actually used for?

Thanks
Kev

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:OP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

try adding a filename header

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

or change your content type to text/html

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

That doesn't mean I've sorted it lol, just correcting the post...
"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...
corrected:

> Hi all
>
> I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
> response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and
> error, here is the code:
>
> Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
> Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
>
> Response.End();
>
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
> KEv
>

[Mantorok]

Thanks for your help John.

Kev

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:Oi*************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Most browsers have no understanding of what text/plain actually is - so it
interprets the stream as something else. The filename simply tells it
that its a .txt file extension and the system should treat it accordingly.

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...

Excellent, I added the filename header and that worked. What is the
filename actually used for?

Thanks
Kev

"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" <ti*****@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:OP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

try adding a filename header

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

or change your content type to text/html

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...
That doesn't mean I've sorted it lol, just correcting the post...
"Mantorok" <no**@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:de**********@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...
> corrected:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have the contents of a text file that I would like to output to the
>> response stream, however IE thinks it is XML and comes up with and
>> error, here is the code:
>>
>> Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
>> Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
>>
>> Response.End();
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Thanks
>> KEv
>>
>
>