how to process filepathresult at script returning from controller to download file

Asked Nov 21 '14 at 10:47

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Hi I have function at controller which return a .rar file .

public FilePathResult ExportAllToExcel(SearchPage searchpage) {
    return File(strpath + ".rar", " ", filename);
}

and I am calling this function using jQuery but not able to handle return value

$.post("@Url.Action("ExportAllToExcel")",values,function(data){
    ??...
});

how to process data to show downloaded file.

edited Nov 21 '14 at 11:10

Sam Greenhalgh

asked Nov 21 '14 at 10:47

user4278149

Do you want to use JavaScript to process the bytes of the file in some way, or just prompt the user to download the file? – Sam Greenhalgh Nov 21 '14 at 11:12
prompt user to download the file. – user4278149 Nov 21 '14 at 11:25
possible duplicate of [Javascript/jquery to download file via POST with JSON data](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3499597/javascript-jquery-to-download-file-via-post-with-json-data) – Sam Greenhalgh Nov 21 '14 at 11:42
I tried but The page is getting hang and that is not working in my case. – user4278149 Nov 21 '14 at 12:15

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