Open any file from asp.net

Question

How can I open any file, specified by a path, in ASP.NET programatically?

I tried the snippet below but it reads the contents of the file instead of opening the file

Answer 1

If you want the file to be opened on the client side,Create an HTTP Handler and set the appropriate mime type on your response before streaming it out from your handler.

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how to open file with its application

Answer 2

You can Response.Redirect to file if you're just opeining it

or if file is being downloaded you can use the folling code;

    public void DownloadFile(string fileName)
    {
        Response.Clear();
        Response.ContentType = @"application\octet-stream";
        System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(Server.MapPath(FileName));
        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.Flush();
    }