Ajax modal popup file download problem

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Hi,

I have an webapplication in which the use can view his records in the grid view and on click on reference id will popup an modal popup which displays the full details of Reference id clicked. there is one export to pdf button exists within the modal pop up which should return the document to the user.

My problem is onclick of the button will generate the report but fails to display file save/open dialog to user.(the same code works fine with single page but not with AJAX modal popup)

my code is:

C#

Context.Response.Clear();
        Context.Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
        Context.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=Test.pdf");
        Context.Response.Write("Hi");
        Context.Response.Flush();
 Context.Response.End();

please help me if any body having idea to download a file within ajax modal popup.

Thanks,

Vasanth

Posted 4-Oct-11 2:02am

vasumagadi

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Response.Clear()
           Response.Buffer = True
           Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
           Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=Test ")

Posted 4-Oct-11 3:42am

kanjolia gopal

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Ram Balak Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-04T02:09:00

Solution 1

You have to create a http handler for this and call this handler from java script

Posted 4-Oct-11 2:09am

Ram Balak Sharma

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vasumagadi 4-Oct-11 8:54am

Hi Ram,

this solution works perfectly for me :)

Thanks for your help.

Vasanth

MalathiMals 21-Jul-16 1:46am

now i also have same problem. I also followed same method. but this solution i can't understand how to implement