HttpResponse::WriteFile Method (String^, Boolean)

 

Writes the contents of the specified file directly to an HTTP response output stream as a memory block.

Namespace:   System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
void WriteFile(
	String^ filename,
	bool readIntoMemory
)

Parameters

filename
Type: System::String^

The name of the file to write into a memory block.

readIntoMemory
Type: System::Boolean

Indicates whether the file will be written into a memory block.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The filename parameter is null.

When this method is used with large files, calling the method might throw an exception. The size of the file that can be used with this method depends on the hardware configuration of the Web server. For more information, see article 812406, "PRB: Response.WriteFile Cannot Download a Large File" on the Microsoft Knowledge Base Web site.

The following example writes a file to memory.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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