Opening MS Word document in asp.net

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Hi,
My web page contains two button i.e

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<asp:button id="btnOpenword" runat="server" text="OpenFile">
<asp:button id="btnNext" runat="server" text="Next" visible="false">

when i click on the OpenFile Button i need to open the word document and also below the Next button should visible to the user.
so i write some code but it's working to open the word document, but it's not visible the Next button to the user.

C#

btnNext.Visible = true;
FileInfo file = new FileInfo("filename.doc");
Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" + file.Name);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", file.Length.ToString());
Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
Response.TransmitFile(file.FullName);
Response.End();

Plese give me solution
Thanks ,
Suresh

Posted 26-Jan-12 7:15am

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Updated 26-Jan-12 7:18am

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ZurdoDev 26-Jan-12 13:52pm

You are clearing out the Response and then ending it. You effectively are overwriting the response so nothing on the page is visible. You'll have to have some JavaScript to make the button visible from the client side.

Member 4391175 26-Jan-12 14:00pm

Thanks your reply,

how to use javascript code to visible the button.

please send me code

Thanks,
Suresh

Member 4391175 26-Jan-12 14:48pm

When i clcik the button i want to open the word document in separate window and after the button should visible to the user.

or any other way to do this

Thanks
Suresh

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Espen Harlinn · Answer 1 · 2012-01-26T11:10:00

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<asp:button id="btnNext" runat="server" text="Next" visible="false">

The 'Next' button will not be rendered to html because visible="false".

Use an UpdatePanel and set visible to true when the user has downloaded the document, you can learn how to use it at ASP.NET AJAX[^]

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2012-01-26T08:31:00

Solution 1

You can open the Word document, but you cannot present it on the Web page as is, as the Word format is proprietary, not included in W3 standards. In most situation, you will need to work through HTML. I'll explain what do I mean.

Please see my past answer:
how can create word documents in asp.net windows application[^].

—SA

Posted 26-Jan-12 8:31am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov