Stream data directly to website user

Author: Slawek

URL: http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3137

// Stream data directly to website user

FileStream liveStream = new FileStream(localfilename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)liveStream.Length];
liveStream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)liveStream.Length);
liveStream.Close();

Response.Clear();
Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", buffer.Length.ToString());
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + originalFilename);
Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);
Response.End();