How to use a link inside a repeater control that when clicked asks whether to download or save to hard disk

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I have made a web app where i can upload files, now i want to download files that have been uploaded. All my files are stored on a folder called "Uploads" on the server. When a file is uploaded, its details are recorded in a Mysql database(FileName, FileLength,FileType, DateAdded).

Now i have used a repeater control to get the uploads/attachments details from the database and list them like this:

File Name: Ash.doc
File Type: doc
File Length: 10kb
Date: 12/05/2010

I want to be able to click on the filename above and then be offered to view in web browser or save file to hard disk.

How do i go about doing this? Can someone please explain and perhaps provide an example. Any help will be much appreciated

Posted 12-May-10 0:35am

Ashy-G

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Ankur^\m/ · Answer 1 · 2010-05-12T01:54:00

Downloading a file in asp.net:
Downloading a File with a Save As Dialog in ASP.NET[^]

Check the links below, they are about downloading file by clicking LinkButton/ImageButton column in a GridView. You will be able to implement it for Repeater control.

http://forums.asp.net/t/1311359.aspx[^]
http://forums.asp.net/t/1541684.aspx[^]
http://forums.asp.net/t/1539730.aspx[^]

[Added]
And yes this one for your Repeater Control: http://bytes.com/topic/asp-net/answers/424911-how-create-linkbutton-repeater-control-dataset[^]

Christian Graus · Answer 2 · 2010-05-12T02:02:00

Solution 2

I believe you'd need two links or an intermediate page to be able to choose between a download and viewing in the browser. Response.BinaryWrite is how you send a file down, you just set the headers to say if it's a download or viewed in the browser.

Posted 12-May-10 2:02am

Christian Graus