Save/Open dialog is not appear while trying download by FileResult

Asked May 11 '15 at 13:29

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I have a problem with downloading files from my application. When I call a method DownloadVacationProposal and returning the file nothing happens. Save/Open dialog in browser is not appearing.

This is my JavaScript code:

downloadVacationProposal: function () {
        return $http({
            method: "POST",
            url: "Presence/DownloadVacationProposal",
        });
    }

and C# which I found here:

public FileResult DownloadVacationProposal()
    {

        string filePath = Server.MapPath("~/Files/proposal.doc");
        string contentType = "application/msword";


        return File(filePath, contentType, "proposal.doc");
    }

I'm probably missing something, but I don't know what, so please help.

Thanks a lot.

edited May 11 '15 at 13:43

LeReferee

asked May 11 '15 at 13:29

qba_v

What happens when you use GET instead of POST? – Ron Beyer May 11 '15 at 13:31
The same. Nothing happens. – qba_v May 11 '15 at 13:38
did you debug this in the browser? Is the javascript function being called? Does the request arrive at the Action Method? Is the Action method executed? What's in the response? – Stephen May 11 '15 at 14:16
you will find this extremely helpful http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16086162/handle-file-download-from-ajax-post, if you you cannot transform you Angular call in to required, return in the first step an anchor with the path to a new controller witch return a file (mime type), and from javascript click on the anchor. – SilentTremor May 11 '15 at 15:00
Ok, problem resolved. Just used HTML tag. This is enough. Thanks for all of you! – qba_v May 12 '15 at 08:09

Save/Open dialog is not appear while trying download by FileResult

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