how to retrive file ,using file info on click event of a
buton and disply it on a web form

Answer Posted / kapil

If your document store in database in binary format then
code for retrive the document is

string sqlQuery="write the select statement"
datareaderObject =cmd.executereader(sqlQuery,connectionname);
if(datareaderObject.read())
{
Response.Buffer = false;
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=" +
datareaderObject["docname"].ToString());

//Code for streaming the object while writing
const int ChunkSize = 1024;
byte[] buffer = new byte[ChunkSize];
byte[] binary = (datareaderObject["doc"]) as byte[];
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(binary);
int SizeToWrite = ChunkSize;
for (int i = 0; i < binary.GetUpperBound(0) - 1;
i = i + ChunkSize)
{
if (!Response.IsClientConnected) return;
if (i + ChunkSize >= binary.Length)
SizeToWrite = binary.Length - i;
byte[] chunk = new byte[SizeToWrite];
ms.Read(chunk, 0, SizeToWrite);
Response.BinaryWrite(chunk);
Response.Flush();
}
Response.Close();
}
}

if document store in virtual path


if (datareadear.Read())
{
FileInfo file = new
System.IO.FileInfo(Server.MapPath("datareadear["filename"].ToString());
if (file.Exists)
{
Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition",
"attachment; filename=" + file.Name);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Length",
file.Length.ToString());
Response.ContentType =
"application/octet-stream";
Response.WriteFile(file.FullName);
Response.End();
}
else
{
Response.Redirect("../error.aspx?error=" +
"File dose not exits");
Response.End();
}
}

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