Mvc download file stream

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Comment posted by Doctor Benigno on Monday, June 18, AM seems there is a problem in step 5 the view croaks with a CS error , the expression tree cannot contain a dinamic operation. Seems that the use of the Html. DisplayFor helper needs something more to run smoothly. If i comment out the uses of the helper , the example runs just fine.

FileId and Html. FileName need to be tweaked into something else. Comment posted by meganathan subramani on Saturday, June 23, AM Hi, I can upload more than 5MB size files, but i can't able to download that files. Give me the solution. Comment posted by a on Tuesday, July 3, AM a.

I had been trying to adjust the router to enable downloads of zip files but your method makes a lot more sense. I appreciate the help. Comment posted by Triven on Wednesday, July 18, AM Hi Mahesh, I am getting the following error The current request for action 'Download' on controller type mycontroller is ambiguous between the following action methods: System.

ActionResult Download on type myproject. FileResult Download System. String on type myproject. Comment posted by Triven on Wednesday, July 18, AM Hi Mahesh, First issue is resolved , but what if i want to download the file with it's actual extension.? Comment posted by G. Thanks a lot for the article.. You saved lot of my time. Comment posted by gfgf on Tuesday, February 12, AM fggfg. Comment posted by praveen vyas on Sunday, March 17, AM really nice blog. One query: Can i Download rather than showing all the files directly.?

Else Can i give an option to download all the files?? GetFolderPath Environment. Format Path. Thanks, Sudheer Lakki. One question, please help. Can we implement the same with small modification:Instead of this on DataClasses.