Write file from disk to response

Question

How to get file from disk and write it to response?

We have some files on disk, and I want to allow logged users to download them.

I restricted access to them via direct link, so I just need how to get them from disk and give them to users via asp.net application.

Thanks

Your question might get closed. The `ASP.NET` tag for your question makes it too vague. ASP.NET is a broad set of APIs. Are your talking about ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET WebApi, ASP.NET Generic Web handler (ashx) or a classic ASP.NET page handler (aspx)? — Sylvain, Dec 24 '13 at 19:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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You can just use Response.TransmitFile method, like this:

protected void SomeButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string fileName = @"D:\somepath\somefile.doc";

    Response.TransmitFile(fileName);
}

There is also another method Response.WriteFile. You can read difference between them here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Dec 24 '13 at 14:59

Sergey Litvinov

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That gives me this in browser for pdf file: http://i.imgur.com/wWCHqy0.png – el ninho Dec 24 '13 at 22:43

Write file from disk to response

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