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user2762748
user2762748

Reputation: 351

ASP Classic download file script

I have a website being built in ASP Classic, and am having some trouble with a script that allows a user to download a file, but hides the path to the file.

When a user is on a page, they will see a link. The link is coded like this:

<a href="download.asp?file=FILE-NAME-HERE" target="_blank">Download File</a>

This link takes them to download.asp where code is run to get the file and deliver it. Here is the code I have right now:

<%
const adTypeBinary = 1
dim strFilePath, strFile

strFilePath = "/_uploads/private/" 
strFile = Request.QueryString("file") 

if strFile <> "" then
    'Set the content type to the specific type that you are sending.
     Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
     Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" & strFile

     set objStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
     objStream.open
     objStream.type = adTypeBinary
     objStream.LoadFromFile(strFilePath & strFile)

    response.binarywrite objStream.Read

    objStream.close
    Set objStream = nothing

end if
%>

This code I put together from both questions on this site (How to download the files using vbscript in classic asp), and from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276488

What is happening, however, is that the download.asp page is giving me a "file not found" error, even though the file is correctly in the web directory "/_uploads/private/".

The file type could be one of several, including pdf, xls, docx, etc.

Is there something in my code that is not allowing the file to be found?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 15288

Answers (1)

user2762748
user2762748

Reputation: 351

Thanks to user oracle certified professional, in the comments above.

What worked was adding "Server.MapPath" to resolve the file location.

Instead of using:

objStream.LoadFromFile(strFilePath & strFile)

I changed it to:

objStream.LoadFromFile(Server.MapPath(strFilePath & strFile))

Now the link triggers the file to properly download.

Upvotes: 4

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