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  1. Jul 14th, 2006, 04:25 PM #1
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    PDF issues using HttpWebRequest

    I am using HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse to pass information and then retrieve information. I can request fine but the response is a pdf file that seems to look fine but if I save to a file it give me the corrupt error.

    The pdf files lookes like the following:
    %PDF-1.4
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    1 0 obj <</Filter/FlateDecode/Type/XObject/Length 1565/BitsPerComponent 8/Height 49/Mask [255 255 ]/ColorSpace[/Indexed/DeviceRGB 255(f

    It's obviously decoding or something. Is this even possible to save to a file to view?

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  2. Jul 14th, 2006, 04:55 PM #2
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    Re: PDF issues using HttpWebRequest

    is this in ASP.NET or in a windows form app?
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  3. Jul 15th, 2006, 06:39 AM #3
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    Re: PDF issues using HttpWebRequest

    Sorry, a vb.net app
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    Re: PDF issues using HttpWebRequest

    You need to look at the headers of the WebResponse you are receiving, and if it is a PDF, then you should be handling it differently. You can also use WebClient to download the PDF.
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  6. Jul 15th, 2006, 09:37 AM #5
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    Re: PDF issues using HttpWebRequest

    check the link in my signature for downloading a file from a URL with progress
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