RadCompression - exclue certain files?

[SamVanity]

I am using RadCompression but run into problems when I use an axd file to deliver a file (a file download handler). The RadCompression feature always compress this handler and corrupts the file. Is there a way we can configure the behavior of the RadCompression engine in the web.config file. e.g.:

    <Telerik>
        <RadCompression compressionType="GZip">
            <IncludedMimeTypes>
                <add mime="text/html" />
            </IncludedMimeTypes>
            <!--<ExcludedMimeTypes>
                <add mime="text/html" />
              </ExcludedMimeTypes>-->
            <ExcludedPaths>
                <add path="~/download.axd" />
            </ExcludedPaths>
        </RadCompression>
    </Telerik>

Without this capability, I believe this will break many scripts.

UPDATE: it seems to be Firefox 3 specific issue...

[Bruno]

Sam,

I think you can exclude a page, not a single file.

[SamVanity]

May I ask how you can exclude a page?

And what is the difference between  a page and  a file?

[Daniel]

Hello Sam,

You can exclude a page using the RadCompressionSettings attribute.

C#

[RadCompressionSettings(HttpCompression = CompressionType.None)]
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    ...
}

VB

<RadCompressionSettings(HttpCompression := CompressionType.None)> _
Public Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    '...
End Class

Hope this helps.

Sincerely yours,
Daniel
the Telerik team

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[Clayton]

Sam,

Did you ever find a workaround for excluding a handler/file from radcompression? I'm experiencing this exact same issue on Firefox 3 also.

Thanks!

EDIT: Alright, so after refining my google search some more, I came across this page, which seems to provide a solution, however I cannot figure out where in the web.config to place this:

<radCompression>
  <excludeHandlers>
       <!--This will match only the defaultcs.aspx file inside a grid folder in web site’root-->
       <add handlerPath="grid/defaultcs.aspx" matchExact="true"/>
       <!--This will match every defaultvb.aspx file regardless of its location in the web site-->
       <add handlerPath="defaultvb.aspx" matchExact="false"/>
       <!--This will match the handlers of all pages which reside in the MyFolder sub-folder of the web site-->
       <add path="MyFolder/" matchExact="false"/>
  </excludeHandlers>
</radCompression>

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/radcompression.html

[msigman]

Clayton,

I've researched this issue and provided a fix that I've personally verified.  Please see the blog post here:

http://www.msigman.com/2012/03/telerik-radcompression-tinymce-spellchecker/

[msigman]

Sorry, doublepost.