HttpResponse::WriteFile Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)

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

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

Syntax

public:
void WriteFile(
	String^ filename
)

Parameters

filename: Type: System::String^
The name of the file to write to the HTTP output.

Exceptions

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.

Examples

The following example writes all the contents of a text file named Login.txt (which might contain literal HTML text and input controls) directly to the output stream.

C++

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

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1