Response.redirect() after file download not happening

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I have an aspx page on which clicking on a button a pdf file is generated and provided for download.
After the pdf file is downloaded i m doing response.redirect() to redirect the user to another page but it is not happening.

Either of the 2 options are happening i.e either pdf is downloaded or page is redirected but both of them are not happening together.

Posted 19-Mar-12 2:57am

vibhanshu mirani

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Shahin Khorshidnia 19-Mar-12 9:13am

Response doesn't work without Request.

solutions@ashish 19-Mar-12 9:49am

Firstly I want to say here that, Response.redirect function works with server request

You can try the following solution to resolve your problem Just try anchor tag to redirect your user to another page and in the target page you can provide automate download for the request file for the user

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 11-Aug-14 11:37am

Would you please mind sharing the code you have? This kind of question is totally a vague question since we can't even see what is the trouble in your code.

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bbirajdar · Answer 1 · 2012-03-19T03:08:00

Solution 2

Use

C#

Response.Redirect(url, false)

and check that you are not using Response.End() anywhere in this event since you are to use a redirect at the end.

Posted 19-Mar-12 3:08am

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saravana__ 20-Mar-12 2:11am

this code not works

vibhanshu mirani 20-Mar-12 3:33am

i m not using Response.End() and even tried using Response.Redirect(url, false) bt still not happening only one thing is happening at one time either file download or url redirection.

bbirajdar 20-Mar-12 7:53am

Oh. It seems the redirect executes before the file is downloaded, even when you put the redirect after the download logic.

prot0col · Answer 2 · 2012-03-19T03:00:00

Solution 1

Is that code inside try catch?
If yes then try taking it out of try catch.

Posted 19-Mar-12 3:00am

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vibhanshu mirani 20-Mar-12 3:34am

the code is not inside the try catch

Sushil Mate · Answer 3 · 2012-03-19T03:12:00

Solution 3

Download File & Redirect[^]

Posted 19-Mar-12 3:12am

Sushil Mate

TrushnaK · Answer 4 · 2014-08-10T19:16:00

Use Iframes for same purpose. How?
have look below links:-
1]http://forums.asp.net/p/1883533/5305880.aspx?Download%20file%20via%20browser%20and%20redirect[^]
2]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14922548/asp-net-download-file-using-browser-and-redirect-to-another-page-at-the-same-tim[^]

Or If you want to just download file then you want to redirect then you can try like this:-

Response.AddHeader("Refresh", "5;URL=yourpage.aspx");

ihiren Parmar · Answer 5 · 2014-08-11T02:23:00

Solution 6

Hello vibhanshu mirani,

Please use this code.

Response.Redirect("YOurpage.aspx", true);
Response.End();

Make sure sequence of both line.
Response.End() can not be before - Response.Redirect();

Posted 11-Aug-14 2:23am

ihiren Parmar

Updated 11-Aug-14 2:38am

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Member 9459230 · Answer 6 · 2018-02-27T08:46:00

I'm surprised by all the incorrect answers. solutions@ashish had the correct answer but only briefly touched on it in a comment, like an afterthought.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but first direct the user to the page you want them to see after the download. For example:

Response.Redirect("ThankYouPage.aspx", true);

On this page, which I have called ThankYouPage.aspx, in the HTML header, you will need a meta tag instructing the browser to get the download. It will be set at a zero-second delay, so the download and the page will seem to load simultaneously. The meta tag will look something like:

<html><head>
    <title>Thank you for downloading</title>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL='http://mysite.com/files/download.zip'" />
</head><body>...

If your "ThankYouPage" is code-driven and not static HTML, you can use your back-end code to customize what the download filename will be, what the page will say, etc.

This is the correct answer. Enjoy!

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