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  gil.tankus

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  Downloading a XML file

  Apr 06, 2012 02:38 PM|LINK

  Hello,

  I have an object that i serialized and now is represented as an instance of the XmlDocument.

  XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyType));
  System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
  System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter(sb);
  ser.Serialize(writer, myObj);
  XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
  doc.LoadXml(sb.ToString());

  I want the user to be able to download the xml file that the XmlDocument represents. How can i do so without first saving the XmlDocument as a File on the server file system?

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  DarrellNorto...

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  Re: Downloading a XML file

  Apr 06, 2012 02:54 PM|LINK

  Try this:

  Response.ContentType = "text/xml";

  ResponseAddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"myXmlFile.xml"); // forces download as an attachment, not rendering inline

  Response.Write(doc.InnerXml); 
  

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  all-alone808

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  Re: Downloading a XML file

  Apr 06, 2012 07:16 PM|LINK

  http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2007/May/21/Downloading-a-File-with-a-Save-As-Dialog-in-ASPNET

  http://bytes.com/topic/asp-net/answers/287887-how-downloas-xml-file