Saving content of dynamic page

[jad101]

I have an asp.net web page that:

1. Shows a message
2. Posts back (using javascript)
3. Reads contents of a file
4. response.write the contents of the file to the browser

My issue is this: If a user hits this page and decides to save the
page for offline browsing, they are not saving the output of the
response.write, but instead the html that shows the message and calls
the refresh.

How can I allow the user to save the current content of the page,
without hitting the server again for the dynamically created content?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Interesting problem Jay. Haven't encountered that one before. I think the
problem is related to the fact that the page, after PostBack is a Form
results page (as far as the browser knows). So the browser requests the page
afresh. A possible workaround would be to put the contents of the file (a
text file?) into a Session variable, and create a second page that displays
the contents of the Session variable. Then Response.Redirect to the second
page. This would enable the browser to make a fresh request for the second
page, which would then reload the text from the Session variable and display
it as you want it to be saved.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Maybe you can use some code like this:

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = Whatever
Response.Writefile("c:\whatever.doc")
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", _
"inline;filename=whatever.doc")
Response.End()

 

[jad101]

Right on Kevin! Worked like a charm. Thanks for your help.