file download in asp.net using c# code

Hi,
I am developing a website. I have a folder containing some images. Please somebody help me with the code so that the users can download the folder when they click on the download button.

Bincy

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bincy_2050

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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="DownloadForm.aspx.cs" Inherits="daniweb.asp.DownloadForm" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
    	<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" onclick="Button1_Click" Text="Button" />
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Code behind:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;

namespace daniweb.asp
{
  public partial class DownloadForm : System.Web.UI.Page
  {
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      const string fName = @"C:\picture.bmp";
      FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fName);
      long sz = fi.Length;
      
      Response.ClearContent();
      Response.ContentType = MimeType(Path.GetExtension(fName));
      Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename = {0}",System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fName)));
      Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", sz.ToString("F0"));
      Response.TransmitFile(fName);
      Response.End();
    }

    public static string MimeType(string Extension)
    {
      string mime = "application/octetstream";
      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Extension))
        return mime;

      string ext = Extension.ToLower();
      Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(ext);
      if (rk != null && rk.GetValue("Content Type") != null)
        mime = rk.GetValue("Content Type").ToString();
      return mime;
    } 
  }
}

sknake

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Hi,
Thanks for your help. But i got a problem. The code works well with a single image(picture.bmp) in C drive. But i have a folder containing 6 pictures and the image folder is uploaded in the webserver. I need the code for downloading that folder when the online users click on the download album button.
Bincy

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Hi Bincy,

I'm not an expert in Web Apps but I'm pretty sure, folders are not downloadable. You should first add it to a zip file and then download the zip. This should allow the user to download all your images.
Hope that helped :-)!

ladybix

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Hi Bincy,
I'm not an expert in Web Apps but I'm pretty sure, folders are not downloadable. You should first add it to a zip file and then download the zip. This should allow the user to download all your images.
Hope that helped :-)!

I think you are absolutely correct here. Zipping the folder would solve your problem.

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thank you the code worked just perfect.. helped me to complete my website for downloading notes.

aneeshammu

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