Download file from ajaxified control (download dialog not appearing)

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  1. David
    David avatar
    16 posts
    Member since:
    Jan 2012

    Posted 13 Sep 2013 Link to this post

    I have several controls which were ajaxified using RadAjaxManager and I'm now trying to download a PDF. I understand 
    the issues with not being able to use Response.WriteFile (callbacks don't work...full postbacks do). I found 
    the following link on your site about using the ResponseScripts collection to get around this issue, i.e.,
      
      
    RadAjaxManager1.ResponseScripts.Add(String.Format(@"window.location.href = ""{0}"";", "http://yoursite.com/Your_File"));
      
    This works fine...but the file appears in the existing browser window...I do not get the file download dialog.
      
    Is there a way to add something similar to the following "content-disposition" header (with the attachment attribute)...so the download 
    file dialog appears?  I need the downloaded file to appear in a separate window.
      
    Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename = " + Path.GetFileName(fileName));
  3. Maria Ilieva
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    Posted 18 Sep 2013 Link to this post

    Hello David,

    The required functionality could not be achieved when the Ajax techniques with registering ResponseScripts is used. I would suggest you to disable the Ajax for the specific download button in order to be able to append content-disposition header as needed.


    Regards,
    Maria Ilieva
    Telerik
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  5. David
    David avatar
    16 posts
    Member since:
    Jan 2012

    Posted 18 Sep 2013 Link to this post

    Thanks Maria...I added,

    ajaxManager.set_enableAJAX(

     

    false);

     


    ...to the client-side function that triggers the download and it now works fine.
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