I want to open file and using Response.Redirect(@"c:\path\filename.pdf",true) in page load event.But it doesn't work and 'Page can'be diplayed' error is shown?

Please tell me how can I do this?

Thanks

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Ali Irfan

You need to pass a virtual URL to the Redirect method, not a physical URL. E.g.:

Response.Redirect(@"/SomePath/filename.pdf",true)

where /SomePath/filename.pdf is a valid location in your web site.

Imar


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Why should we add @ before the virual path?

On the textbook, it use this way:

Response.Redirect("page1.aspx").

what's the funciton of @ and "true"?

Thank you.

I am a database programmer and .Net programmer

Dear if u want to map path or use escape sequence characters like '/' in string object, then u have to use '@' to preserve actual value. Unless otherwise '/' will lost.

Secondly, 'ture' means that current instance/page will end after displaying other page.

To clarify a little:

According to MSDN the boolean argument:

"Indicates whether execution of the current page should terminate."

When called with true, "Redirect() calls End() which raises a ThreadAbortException exception upon completion." (from MSDN)

This is an important feature because you might want to redirect the browser without letting any more code execute. For example, if you need to check for the existence of some resource (file, database record, etc.) before continuing and wish to redirect the user away from the page if the resource doesn't exist, you could force the termination of the page execution to avoid running any code that uses that resource. My personal opinion is that one should program around that possibility and finish the page gracefully when possible. However, you can't prevent postback events from firing, so there is a legitimate reason for forcing termination.

The @ notation has nothing to do with the method being used. It's a string formatting notation in C# that forces the program to ignore escaped characters inside the literal string. Thus, these two examples are equivelant:

filePath = "C:\\Temp\\myfile.txt";
filePath = @"C:\Temp\myfile.txt";

The forward slash [/] is not an escaped character. You can do this without problem:

redirectUrl = "folder/somepage.aspx";

-Peter