Saving an excel file to users PC using save as Dialog box

Asked Mar 31 '15 at 07:49

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Say I have a server that returns a link. the link is a link to an excel file. Now I want to download that file and save it to my local pc by poping a save dailog box.

I have the following codes but it's not working. It's not poping up the save dialog box and it's not saving the file.

    try
    {
        string filepath = Server.MapPath("~/Images/0ca66926-6977-43d3-9c97-f84a43f6ce5d.xls");      // supply the return link
        FileInfo myfile = new FileInfo(filepath);
        if (myfile.Exists)
        {
            Response.ClearContent();
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + myfile.Name);
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", myfile.Length.ToString());
            Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
            Response.WriteFile(myfile.FullName);
            Response.End();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
    }

edited Mar 31 '15 at 08:03

asked Mar 31 '15 at 07:49

user3988645

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What do you mean by "it is not working"? – Mar 31 '15 at 07:58
it is not poping up the save dialog box and it not saving the file. – user3988645 Mar 31 '15 at 08:03
Any reason you are using non-mvc specific ways to send the response? – Erik Philips Mar 31 '15 at 08:05
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did you checked, that your file in the example exists? – Fragment Mar 31 '15 at 08:06
possible duplicate of [How to display open/save dialog asp net mvc 4](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14139316/how-to-display-open-save-dialog-asp-net-mvc-4) – Erik Philips Mar 31 '15 at 08:06

Saving an excel file to users PC using save as Dialog box

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