Create text file and download

Question

I\'m trying to write to a text file in memory and then download that file without saving the file to the hard disk. I\'m using the StringWriter to write the con

Answer 1

Basically you create an HttpHandler by implementing the IHttpHandler interface. In the ProcessRequest method you basically just write your text to context.Response. You also need to add a Content-Disposition http header:

context.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=YourFileName.txt");

Also remember to set the ContentType:

context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";