You need to add a Content-Disposition header to the HTTP Response. Try
this
HttpResponse response;
...
response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
filename=myfilename.zip");
Deepak
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> Chris Sells
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> Subject: [DOTNET] Specifying the client-side file name when doing
> Response.WriteFile
>
> I'm redirecting all .zip files on my site to a form to collect the
email
> addresses of down loaders. Then, once they've filled out the form, I
> want to let them get the file, so I'm using Response.WriteFile. The
> problem is that the file name on the client-side defaults to the name
of
> the aspx file doing the work, not the name of the file I just sent
> (although the correct contents are coming across the wire). What's the
> trick for getting the client-side filename to be right?
>
> Chris Sells
> http://www.sellsbrothers.com/
>
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