How to open pdf file from database to new window

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private void ShowDocument(string fileName, byte[] fileContent)
    {
        //Split the string by character . to get file extension type
        string[] stringParts = fileName.Split(new char[] { '.' });
        string strType = stringParts[1];
        Response.Clear();
        Response.ClearContent();
        Response.ClearHeaders();
        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
        //Set the content type as file extension type
        Response.ContentType = strType;
        //Write the file content
        this.Response.BinaryWrite(fileContent);
        this.Response.End()

now how to target this file to new window of browser

Posted 27-Dec-12 20:25pm

Nilesh Patil C

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*Suvabrata Roy* · Answer 1 · 2012-12-27T20:39:00

Solution 1

Hi,

C#

Response.Write("<script>");
Response.Write("window.open('[Your PDF path]', '[Tab Name]');");
Response.Write("</script>");

Posted 27-Dec-12 20:39pm

Suvabrata Roy

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Nilesh Patil C 28-Dec-12 2:45am

how can i get path of pdf .while i am fetching it from database

Suvabrata Roy 28-Dec-12 2:47am

Save the stream in a folder then get the path of that file, it will save you overhead if you once save the file, then you can serve it to multiple clients without reading that each time from DB. IF YOUR PDF CONTENT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE ON RUN TIME

Dineshshp · Answer 2 · 2012-12-27T20:41:00

Solution 2

C#

// Try this, it is working perfect in my project...

Response.Flush();
Response.Clear();

Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "inline;filename=yourpdfname.pdf");
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";

Response.BinaryWrite(fileContent);
Response.Flush();

Posted 27-Dec-12 20:41pm

Dineshshp

Manas Bhardwaj · Answer 3 · 2012-12-27T20:41:00

Solution 3

Is Google [^]really broken at your end today? This has been discussed/done so many times before.

Posted 27-Dec-12 20:41pm

Manas Bhardwaj

Oleksandr Kulchytskyi · Answer 4 · 2012-12-27T20:51:00

Hi, firts of all lets do some improvements.
What could be if a file name contains more than 1 dot ?)
I think it would be an exceptional state!
SO,strType can be resolved with help of Path class from System.IO namespace:

C#

string strType=Path.GetExtension(filename);

As concerns you concrete problem , please look at this MSDN