Force MP3 Download

[Goldenrate]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to force My application to download MP3 file instead of playing
it in browser.

I used this asp cod to create download image

/******************//
<asp:ImageButton ID="ibDownload" runat="server" style="border:0;"
ImageUrl="~/DesktopModules/ASPvia_AudioDownload/images/Download.jpg"
onclick="ibDownload_Click" />
</div>
/*********************/
When clicked it calls

/***********************/
protected void ibDownload_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
string f =
String.Concat("Portals\\0\\",GetUserIDForProductOwner(),"\\",GetMediaFileName());
string filePath = Server.MapPath(f);
Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;
filename=" + GetMediaFileName());
Response.ContentType = "application/audio/mpeg";
Response.WriteFile(filePath);
Response.End();
}
/*******************************/
GetMediaFileName() - retrieve the file name from the database.
f - stores the virtual directory of the file.

I've checked the code time and time again and found nothing wrong.
Does anybody know what am I doing wrong?
Thanks,

 

[Colbert Zhou [MSFT]]

Hello David,

I cannot see any wrong parts in the code. Actually, I also use your codes
and write a simple test project in my side. It works fine. When I click the
download button, the browser pops a File Download dialog to ask me to
download the mp3 file. You can get my project from my

http://cid-c2e0d62e8a095a30.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WebApplicatio
nTest.zip

I think the issue may also be related to the Web browser. I test on both of
IE and FireFox. What browser are you using? And if you test with my
project, do you still encounter the same issue?


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[Jesse Houwing]

Hello goldenrate,

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to force My application to download MP3 file instead of
playing it in browser.

I used this asp cod to create download image

/******************//
<asp:ImageButton ID="ibDownload" runat="server" style="border:0;"

ImageUrl="~/DesktopModules/ASPvia_AudioDownload/images/Download.jpg"
onclick="ibDownload_Click" />
</div>
/*********************/
When clicked it calls

/***********************/
protected void ibDownload_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs
e)
{
string f =
String.Concat("Portals\\0\\",GetUserIDForProductOwner(),"\\",GetMediaF
ileName());
string filePath = Server.MapPath(f);
Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;
filename=" + GetMediaFileName());
Response.ContentType = "application/audio/mpeg";
Response.WriteFile(filePath);
Response.End();
}
/*******************************/
GetMediaFileName() - retrieve the file name from the database. f -
stores the virtual directory of the file.

I've checked the code time and time again and found nothing wrong.
Does anybody know what am I doing wrong?
Thanks,

It may sound stupid, but replace your original ContentType with application/octet-stream
that should give the browser an additional hint, it ins't supposed to stream
the content to a player.

 

[Goldenrate]

Thank you all for your help.

Actually I was able to solve it. The problem, like in so many other error,
is AJAX. I disabled it and it all work fine now.

Cheers,