Download File using MVC Core

Question

I cannot find a reference to downloading a file using MVC Core.

We have a single exe file for members to download from our website. In the past we have put

<

Answer 1

I used this answer posted by @Tieson T to come up with this solution

    public FileResult Download()
    {
        var fileName = $"{V9.Version}.exe";
        var filepath = $"Downloads/{fileName}";
        byte[] fileBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(filepath);
        return File(fileBytes, "application/x-msdownload", fileName);
    }

The view is now

<a asp-action="Download" asp->
Download

@Ageonix was also correct about not requiring the ~ to get to wwwroot

Answer 2

I'm not somewhere where I can try it, but would something like this do the trick?

<a href="<%= Url.Content('~/Downloads/{ V9.Version}.exe') %>"> Download </a>