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Shekhar Dalvi
Shekhar Dalvi

Reputation: 209

downloading files outside application root folder on the same server in asp.net

I have two asp.net applications hosted on the same server. I need to access files uploaded in one application from another. For instance, I have my original files in www.crm.sample.com/ImportedFiles/ and I want to access or download those files from www.gmc.sample.com. How can I achieve it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3816

Answers (2)

Mahmood Dehghan
Mahmood Dehghan

Reputation: 8265

You can do it with classes in System.IO namespace. Create a web page in your app that instead of rendering HTML, sends desired file's bytes to the client:

var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes("d:\\Site1\\img1.jpg");
Response.OutputStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
Reponse.End();

you can use QueryString to send parameters that show witch file the client wants.

Upvotes: 2

gdp
gdp

Reputation: 8232

Personally I would create some virtual folders in IIS on Site 1, which map to the download destination in Site 2. Then by calling Server.MapPath("~/site2download") on the virtual folder and using the System.IO namespace you can read the files and do whatever you like from there.

Heres some info on how to create a virtual directory in IIS 7

Upvotes: 0

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