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Daniel - 20 Oct 2005 20:28 GMT

streaming random filetypes from .aspx

how to stream a file from inside a .aspx? e.g. so one could go
href="./foo.aspx?file=bar.mp3" or href="./foo.aspx?foo.dat" etc. preferabley
i would like all file types to open with "save as" when href clicked

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Brock Allen - 24 Oct 2005 16:53 GMT

Yes, just do Response.Write or Response.BinaryWrite and then set the Response.ContentType
and perhaps the Content-Disposition headers, then call Response.End. Oh and
if you really want streaming, then set Response.BufferingOutput = false.
-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

> streaming random filetypes from .aspx
>
> how to stream a file from inside a .aspx? e.g. so one could go
> href="./foo.aspx?file=bar.mp3" or href="./foo.aspx?foo.dat" etc.
> preferabley i would like all file types to open with "save as" when
> href clicked

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