export grid view to excel without user selection for Saving file with Static Path

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Hi. I am working on a web application, and I need to export some data from gridview to Excel. Which I am able to do propely with HttpResponse but need some help not to give any user selection while saving excel but with a static File path. Is there a way to do so?

Here is my code:

C#

Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader(
    "content-disposition",
    string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", FileName + ".xls")
);
Response.Charset = ""; 
Response.ContentType = "application/excel"; 
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); 
HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw); 
gvPreview.RenderControl(htw); 
Response.Write(sw.ToString()); 
Response.End();

It will ask for user input to select a location to save the Exported .xls file.

sateesh kumar singupuram));

C#

Response.Charset =

Posted 16-Jun-13 22:55pm

Member 10026544

Updated 16-Jun-13 23:18pm

lukeer

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Mahesh Bailwal 17-Jun-13 5:26am

So you want to display a popup with text-box where user can enter the location for saving export data?

Member 10026544 17-Jun-13 6:15am

hi Mahesh, not exactly i am able to save my file where ever i am interested, but at the same time i am not able to render the same path where i am saving the first file. for example i am saving an excel file from gridview by using HTTP Responce class as i said earlier. so the same path where i have saved the excel file need to be used to save another file immediately instead of selecting same path again through the UI. so how can i get the first saved path from the browser. here is my Export Excel code

Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", FileName + ".xls"));
Response.Charset = "";
Response.ContentType = "application/excel";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
gvPreview.RenderControl(htw);
Response.Write(sw.ToString());
Response.End();

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_Amy · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-16T23:23:00

Solution 1

No, it's not possible. You cannot assign a file destination on the client computer(Due to security issue). Here in your code(or all download wizard), server will throw the file to browser, which will cause a prompt to open/download the file. It's up to the client to save/discard the file.

--Amit

Posted 16-Jun-13 23:23pm

_Amy

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Member 10026544 17-Jun-13 6:01am

hi amit, thanks for the immediate reply but i am stuck with an issue based on this scenario. i need to get the path of the user selection after export. For example if the user selected a folder from c:\ drive then i need to get that path so that i can save one more file along with the exported excel file. so is there any way to retrieve the user selected file path? please help me out with this.

_Amy 17-Jun-13 6:07am

The below link may help you:
Windows RegKey - Default Browser Application Path[^]
--Amit