Download Excel file via AJAX MVC

Question

I have a large(ish) form in MVC.

I need to be able to generate an excel file containing data from a subset of that form.

The tricky bit is that this shouldn

Answer 1

I am using Asp.Net WebForm and just I wanna to download a file from server side. There is a lot article but I cannot find just basic answer. Now, I tried a basic way and got it.

That's my problem.

I have to create a lot of input button dynamically on runtime. And I want to add each button to download button with giving an unique fileNumber.

I create each button like this:

fragment += "
";

Each button call this ajax method.

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'index.aspx/CreateExcelFile',
    data: jsonData,
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function (returnValue) {
      window.location = '/Reports/Downloads/' + returnValue.d;
    }
});

Then I wrote a basic simple method.

[WebMethod]
public static string CreateExcelFile2(string fileNumber)
{
    string filePath = string.Format(@"Form_{0}.xlsx", fileNumber);
    return filePath;
}

I am generating this Form_1, Form_2, Form_3.... And I am going to delete this old files with another program. But if there is a way to just sending byte array to download file like using Response. I wanna to use it.

I hope this will be usefull for anyone.