Saving an XML file in a different directory from a custom action

Asked May 10 '14 at 16:00

Active May 11 '14 at 00:34

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How can I update the following code to save in a directory of my choice on IIS. Currently it will only save in my downloads directory with the file name of the path.

E.g.. the following example saves in my downloads directory as

C--inetpub-wwwroot-sitename-Feeds-reports.xml

[HttpGet]
public XmlActionResult GetXmlData()
{
    System.Xml.XmlTextReader reader = new System.Xml.XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("~/reports.xml"));
    var xml = XElement.Load(reader);

    //I want to save the file to the following destination but this saves it with the file name of the destination in my downloads directory

    return new XmlActionResult(xml.ToString(), Server.MapPath("~/Feeds/reports.xml"));
}

EDIT

I want to move the reports.xml file from the current directory to the Feeds directory.

edited May 11 '14 at 00:34

asked May 10 '14 at 16:00

Bojangles

Is XmlActionResult is your custom ActionResult? If you want to save file why are you returning ActionResult? – malkam May 10 '14 at 16:14
XmlActionResult is a custom action – Bojangles May 10 '14 at 16:21
so you want to move reports.xml file from current directory to Feeds directory. I'm not getting what you are trying to achieve using above code? – malkam May 10 '14 at 16:36
You don't show anywhere how you are trying to save a file. Can you show us what you are trying to do? – Yishai Galatzer May 10 '14 at 16:37
If you want to save file,see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23566595/download-file-from-fileresult-without-saving-to-disk/23570561#23570561 – malkam May 10 '14 at 16:46
@malkam, Yes that's what I want to do. – Bojangles May 11 '14 at 00:35
Then simply use File.Move(src,dst) method. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.move%28v=vs.110%29.aspx – malkam May 11 '14 at 07:33

Saving an XML file in a different directory from a custom action

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