Mvc download file from link click

There are many ways are using to download multiple files as a zip format but this article explains easy way with step by step process. Consider starting with creating a custom ViewModel VM that loops over the files of the directory, extracting just the file names, and linking to a custom MVC action that will take the given file name and stream it as a bltadwin.

In this article, I will show you download file to client browser from a server using bltadwin. I am using FileResult, it allows user to download file from the folder with specified file name. It will return the file with generic octet-stream MIME type. Now, choose a file and click on Upload. EmptyResult — Represents no result. ContentResult — Represents a text result. FileContentResult — Represents a downloadable file with the binary content. FilePathResult — Represents a downloadable file with a path.

FileStreamResult — Represents a downloadable file with a file stream. Marcus L 3, 6 6 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges.

The included link is dead. I think the page that it used to refer to can be found here. W said. I am curious if this might lead to a security issue? If i call the controller with fileName of something like ".. Of course this would rely on knowing the file names and where they are on the server or a lot of trial and error. Looks like a nice solution otherwise. Yeah you are right, I did it very fast just as an example, but it's not a good idea to send the whole file as a parameter even though I believe you should not have important files in a folder that you are allowing people to download files.

I updated the example with a forced. I just had to add setting the FileDownloadName property and this was a perfect solution — pjdupreez. Dave Swersky Dave Swersky Reports report. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Introduction File downloading is a kind of common functionality which we want in our web application.

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Can you explain how your mentioned link is related to what I have posted. The reason behind posting this short tip is to help those beginners, who are not much familiar with MSDN and needs a quick solution.