PostBackUrl cannot work for file link.

[ABC]

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>

But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?

[Patirck Ige]

What are you trying to do?
Patrick

"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>

But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?

[ABC]

I want to write download file link which filename retrieved from database
field.
"Patirck Ige" <na********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oj**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

What are you trying to do?
Patrick

"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>

But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?

[Patirck Ige]

Where do you ge the error?
Any errors?

"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

I want to write download file link which filename retrieved from database
field.
"Patirck Ige" <na********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oj**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

What are you trying to do?
Patrick

"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>
But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?

[ABC]

I browsing from the server. no error message showed. When I clicked the
link, no response, no file open or download.

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"Patirck Ige" <na********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ui**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Where do you ge the error?
Any errors?

"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

I want to write download file link which filename retrieved from database
field.
"Patirck Ige" <na********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oj**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> What are you trying to do?
> Patrick
>
> "ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
> news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> I write the code as:
>> <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
>> PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton> >>
>> But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.
>>
>>
>>
>> How should I do?
>>
>>
>
>

[Brock Allen]

PostBackUrl is for cross page postbacks. If you want a link to do a download
of a file form your database, I'd suggest writing a handler (say .ashx file)
to do the load from your database. Then all your link needs to be is a standand
<a> to the ashx file.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>'
runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>
But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?

[Bruce Barker]

the binding expression (<%# %>) to be the only value in a attribute, or it
won't be detected as a binding expression and will be treated as a string
value. try:

<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='<%# "file://" + Eval("path") %>' runat="server" />

also be sure you call DataBind(), so binding is performed.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"ABC" <abc.abc.com> wrote in message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I write the code as:
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'
PostBackUrl='file://<%# Eval("path") %>' runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>

But It don't work to download or open file when I clicked.

How should I do?