Re: Save file from the Server to User's Desktop

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You cant - its restricted by sandbox security. The best you can do is start
a binary donwload from an asp.net page and hope the user accepts it.

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Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"EC" <EC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am trying to save a file to an end users desktop from the Server on the
> click of a button. This works when run the application on my local but
> does
> not work when the application is running on the web server because Dim
> copyfiletodesktop As String = "C:\temp\" points to the Web server's C
> drive
> and not the end users C while when I run the application on my desktop, C
> points to my C Drive and that is why it works.
>
> Does anyone know how I can change this line of code to point to end users
> (external) Desktop and get to file to their desktops no matter their
> computer
> setup?
> Please Note that I know how to change it to "C:\Documents and
> Settings\myprofilename\Desktop\" but the problem is this will not work for
> everyone since I don't know their profile name and is not the best way to
> do
> it.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> EC.
>


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