Downloading File from Server to Client in asp.net

[parthmankad]

hello everybody


i have a asp.net web application running on my IIS server.now when a client machine on the local network connects to the server and tries to download a file the file gets downloaded on the server instead of the client mahcine.on my server i have the following code for downloading file

imports System.net

dim wc as webclient
wc=new webclient
wc.downloadfile("http:\\localhost\Download\test.txt","c:\test.txt")

i want the test.txt to be saved on the c: drive of client machine however right now it is getting saved on the server.plz tell me how do i sort this out.

thanx
parth

[mendhak]

Dim FilePath As String = strFileName
        Dim TargetFile As New System.IO.FileInfo(FilePath)
 
        ' clear the current output content from the buffer
        Response.Clear()
        ' add the header that specifies the default filename for the Download/
        ' SaveAs dialog
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + _
            TargetFile.Name)
        ' add the header that specifies the file size, so that the browser
        ' can show the download progress
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", TargetFile.Length.ToString())
        ' specify that the response is a stream that cannot be read by the
        ' client and must be downloaded
        Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
        ' send the file stream to the client
        Response.WriteFile(TargetFile.FullName)
        ' stop the execution of this page
        Response.End()

You cannot specify where this will get saved, it is at the discretion of the user.

[mendhak]

So you would place that in a page's codebehind and call that page like

Response.Redirect("Download.asxp?file=abc.txt");