Download file from webservice - in ASP.NET site

Question

I want to push a file to the browser from a website using a webservice. I\'m currently reading the file into a base64 byte array, and returning that from the webservice. This w

Answer 1

It's possible, you'll need to make sure you explicitly set the ContentType of the HttpResponse, for example:

Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

If you want to control the file name, you'll have to add a Content-Disposition header. Google can help you find the right way to sort that out.