File open using show modal dialogbox

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Hi Team,

I want to open a Excel file from my local path using MVC. I created View and passing required parameters to controller using $.post

I am able to locate file in action method of controller however I am not sure on how to open the file in client side 
with OPEN/SAVE/SAVE AS options. Kindly let me know how to extract the file and give those options to the users.

Many thanks in advance.

What I have tried:

<pre>I tried 
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Controller :- I mapped destination folder

View :- $.post("@url.Action("View","EMP")",{......}, etc....

Posted 9-Dec-20 23:44pm

sagarpallavi

Updated 9-Dec-20 23:52pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-12-09T23:52:00

You can't open a file in the client side from the server because you have no access to the client file system - for security reasons. All you can do is get the user to upload the file to the server, but then it's not going to open in a way that he can see.

You can't cause a file to be opened in the client side from the server for the same reasons.

You can't open a client file from the client browser for ... you guessed it, security reasons.

Basically, you cannot do what you want to.