"Woodgnome" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have use the following code to transmit a file back to the browser that
> worked fine on a HTC_TTyN device running windows mobile 5.0. The code
> executes in the onclick event of a mobilelist control. Now on a similar
> device running window mobile 6.0 the file is not displayed - the link causes
> a post back succesfully and the code appears to execute - on the browser a
> bar is displayed breifely at the bottom of the window (although ist show 0KB
> to the right of the bar.) - seaming to indciate that a file is being
> transferred but the file save option (or the file) does not appear.
>
> Does any one have any ideas why this is not working ? I suspect it may be
> something that is specific to the HCT_TTyn devcie as we have identifed a
> separate issue where the browser capabilities where not being detected
> correctly - this was due to the fact that the useragent string was being
> prefixed with 'HCT_TTyn ' - to work around this we have defined a new
> htctty.browser file and registered it with asp.net which seams to have solved
> all the problems we were having - apart from this file transfer issue.
>
>         protected bool SendFile(string filePath)
>         {
>             string fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(filePath);
>             if ((fileName != "") && (System.IO.File.Exists(filePath)))
>             {
>                 try
>                 {
>                     Response.Clear();
>                     Response.ClearHeaders();
>                     Response.ClearContent();
>                     Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
>                     Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", @"attachment;
> filename=""" + fileName + @"""");
>                     Response.AddHeader("content-length", new
> System.IO.FileInfo(filePath).Length.ToString());
>                     Response.TransmitFile(filePath);
>                     Response.Flush();
>                     Response.End();
>                     Response.Close();
>                     return true;
>                 }
>                 catch
>                 {
>                     return false;
>                 }
>             }
>             else
>                 return false;
>         }
>
>
>