Popup is blocking my download, kindly let me know an alternative

[cmrhema]

Hi,

I wrote the following code in the page load event

 string path = clientServerXRef1.GetDownloadpath(company.ToUpper());
            System.IO.FileStream fs = null;
            fs = System.IO.File.Open(path + company.ToUpper() + "_" + projectID + ".mpp", System.IO.FileMode.Open);
            byte[] btFile = new byte[fs.Length];
            fs.Read(btFile, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length));
            fs.Close();
            Response.AddHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + projectID + ".mpp");
            Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
            Response.BinaryWrite(btFile);

and called it inside frame to downlaod the file from the same page. I do other process like setting flag and messages in the database to make sure this is downloaded for the first time. If it is for the second time i supposed to give some different messages in the label.

Here it what happens

When the file downloads, it is getting blocked by the popup blocker. When i click and allow download, it reloads the page, hence it is showing the message for the second download rather than showing the first one.

Kindly let me know the solution

Regards
cmrhema

[Plater]

You will have to get people who use your website to add it to the safe list (which hopefully means the download won't be blocked)
Either that or you need to discover a different way to determine if the file was actually downloaded.