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Abdul Ahmad
Abdul Ahmad

Reputation: 10021

asp.net-mvc save excel file to specific location

I have the following code that downloads a file to the client's machine and it works great. However, I also need to ask the user where they want to save the file before the download begins.

Is this something I do in the action method (someone in the below code) or is this an option the client has to set on his/her browser and independent of what my code does?

System.Web.HttpResponse response = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response;

response.ClearContent();
response.Clear();
response.ContentType = "text/plain";
response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName + ";");
response.TransmitFile(filePath + fileName);
response.Flush();

response.End();

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1493

Answers (2)

csharplova
csharplova

Reputation: 117

As best I can tell, that is the responsibility/behavior of the browser. If you want more client side control, you would have to write a client side app to save off to a specific location, or (easier) have the end user configure their browser to ask where to save downloads to.

Upvotes: 1

Alexei Levenkov
Alexei Levenkov

Reputation: 100527

Yes, "this an option the client has to set on his/her browser and independent of what my code does".

Upvotes: 1

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