How to download PDF file?
This is a simple example to show how to download pdf/doc file. Here I am using two link button one is for doc and another is for pdf file download.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:linkbutton id="LinkButtonDownloadDoc" runat="server" text="Download WORD" style="color: Maroon;
font-weight: bold;" onclick="LinkButtonDownload_Click" />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<asp:linkbutton id="LinkButtonDownloadPdf" runat="server" text="Download PDF" style="color: Navy;
font-weight: bold;" onclick="LinkButtonDownloadPdf_Click" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void LinkButtonDownload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.ContentType = "Application/msword";
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=Test.docx");
Response.TransmitFile(Server.MapPath("~/Files/Test.docx"));
Response.End();
}
protected void LinkButtonDownloadPdf_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=Test_PDF.pdf");
Response.TransmitFile(Server.MapPath("~/Files/Test_PDF.pdf"));
Response.End();
}
}
Output: When you click on second button the FileDownload dialogbox will open like as follows:
Figure: FileDownload dialogbox Displpay File name and File type and size.
Now click on Save button you will get downloaded pdf file at desire location on your system.