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joshb
joshb

Reputation: 5220

Response.Redirect to a UNC path

I'd like to redirect the user to a directory on a file server using its UNC path. I've tried using something like the following but I just get a 404 error.

Response.Redirect(@"file:\\fileserver\data\");

What's the correct syntax to make this work?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5213

Answers (3)

Chad Grant
Chad Grant

Reputation: 45392

file:////server/directory

Or, create a virtual directory in your Website and map it to a path, like /data/

Upvotes: 0

Scott Ferguson
Scott Ferguson

Reputation: 7830

You don't quite have the file protocol identifier correct. Try:

string location = String.Format("file:///{0}", @"\\fileserver\data\");
Response.Redirect(location, true);

Upvotes: 3

bendewey
bendewey

Reputation: 40245

I'm not sure about the Response.Redirect method, but you can always write the file for download by the user using Response.WriteFile.

This link might help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307603/EN-US/

Code Snippet from above link:

private void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   //Set the appropriate ContentType.
   Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
   //Write the file directly to the HTTP output stream.
   Response.WriteFile(@"\\server\folder\file.pdf");
   Response.End();
}

Upvotes: 0

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