Asp file save dialog

That is completely impossible. The browser user interface belongs to the user, not to the web developer. What if the user has told the browser not to display a Save As dialog? The concept isn't impossible - obviously you can't open the system's file dialogue, there may be a way to tell the browser that a file is ready for downloading. This would bring up the browser's file dialogue.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Nader Khazai Nader Khazai 6 6 bronze badges. Flush ; "[System. Probably you're looking for download a file in asp. Please see sample below. TransmitFile Server. End ;. Chris Chris 7 7 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges.

Not sure if the post would be even valid comment in current state. Please provide summary of the link inline if you believe article shows answer to the question. Here I have used asp. For security reasons, client files are protected. They can be accessed from the fileUpload control but only for the purpose of uploading.

User needs to select one of the excel file, then that file will be saved on to server, and then that server excel file will be updated with some more information related to already existing data in the file, and finally the updated excel file will open up on user's machine for him to save.

In that case you need the file upload control. It comes with its own "select file" dialog feature. And keep in mind, you don't have much control over the file dialog as this is the web. The browser keeps your code tightly sandboxed for security so all you can to is use the features built into HTML. HTML doesn't allow for specifying file types, a starting directory, etc.. Dev Center.

Explore Why Office? Android ASP. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Saturday, November 29, AM. User posted Hi. You don't have to save anyhing on your server. You should do the following: 1. User posted Hi Bhushan Lolge, Based on my experience, there is a file dialog will be opened for saving file to local system by using Response.

Please refer to the following code: this. BinaryWrite file ; this. Flush ;. Wednesday, December 3, AM. User posted Hey everyone, I have a similar problem Btw, Bhushan, you can use the following code for downloading in C : System. DownloadFile source, destination ; I'm using similar code except i want the destination to be given by user - the complete path i.

User posted Please give me sample for this option. Reply urgent. Monday, December 1, AM. Tuesday, December 2, AM. User posted thanks. Tuesday, December 9, AM. Thursday, February 5, AM. User posted Any luck with getting the entire code snippet posted? Thanks, Frosty. Tuesday, February 10, AM.

User posted I got the following simple code to work just fine to save an image file. Thanks guys!