ASP.NET MVC 4 FileResult - In error

Question

I have a simple Action on a controller which returns a PDF.

Works fine.

public FileResult GetReport(string id)
{
    byte[] fileBytes = _manager.GetRepor         


        

Answer 1

I would change the return type of your method to ActionResult.

public ActionResult GetReport(string id)
{
    byte[] fileBytes = _manager.GetReport(id);
    if (fileBytes != null && fileBytes.Any()){
        string fileName = id+ ".pdf";
        return File(fileBytes, MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, fileName);
    }
    else {
        //do whatever you want here
        return RedirectToAction("GetReportError");
    }
}