How to set UTF-8 Encoding for a file (Not UTF-8 BOM) in Response stream

Asked Dec 21 '16 at 09:12

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I am working with asp.net application with c#. I am trying let user download a file with an IIF extension to support QuickBooks integration.

Step 1: Save the file in web application domain path

After executing the above lines of code I opened the file using notepad++ and verified the encoding. it showed " Encode in UTF-8" checked

The same saved file should be downloaded now from the application domain path.
I have written the following logic to done the downloading file job
Unfortunately after downloading the file from app domain path encoding got changed to UTF-8-BOM.
I verified in Notepad++

The file encoding should be UTF-8 only. I have changed my code many times but still no luck.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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asked Dec 21 '16 at 09:12

Gowtham.K.Reddy

You can try BinaryWrite or TransmitFile – Mertuarez Dec 21 '16 at 10:07
@Mertuarez Thank you for the input I will try that now – Gowtham.K.Reddy Dec 21 '16 at 10:15
@Mertuarez I Tried with TransmitFile but no luck :( – Gowtham.K.Reddy Dec 21 '16 at 13:30
Remove Charset and ContentEncoding maybe ContentType. Not sure but content type can be "application/octet-stream" for binary file. – Mertuarez Dec 21 '16 at 13:45
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Not a real answer, but you should know that .IIF files have been deprecated for about 10 years, and are known to cause serious data loss and corruption issues when imported into QuickBooks. You are setting yourself and your users up for a huge failure. Use the QuickBooks APIs instead. – Keith Palmer Jr. Dec 21 '16 at 19:11

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