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Gibberish file names when trying to download files with hebrew chrachters

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User682240180 posted

First : sorry for my english !

Hello everyone.
In My project I use links for downloading files from the local disk.

The problem is : files with Hebrew names show Gibberish .

My function for downloading is :

        protected void DownloadFile(string filePath)
        {
            try
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
                HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + System.IO.Path.GetFileName(filePath));
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
                HttpContext.Current.Response.WriteFile(filePath);
                HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
                //Save Error
                sbl.InsertError(userDeptId, DateTime.Now, userId, GetCurrentPageName(), GetFunctionName(), ex.Message);

            }
        }

Saturday, August 14, 2010 2:45 PM

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User1389397289 posted

I believe I got the solution of your problem.
For reproducing your problem I made a temp. xlsx file on my localhost with using Hebrew characters(כשא.xlsx).And used the following code for saving the Hebrew characters file.
I am getting the correct name for saving the file as file name is not converted to the Gibberish characters.

The key line of the code is getting the file name as below:

string filename = fileInfo.Name;
filename = HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode(filename);

Code:

Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1255"); 
                                                                                                     //for Hebrew
Response.HeaderEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1255");
                                                                                                    //for Hebrew
                string filepath = fileUpload.PostedFile.FileName.ToString();
                System.IO.FileInfo fileInfo = new System.IO.FileInfo(filepath);
                string filename = fileInfo.Name;
                filename = HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode(filename);
                Response.Clear();
                Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
                Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" +
                                                                                                       filename);
                

                Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", fileInfo.Length.ToString()); 
                                                                 //Sends only the File with no Extra bytes

                Response.Flush();

                Response.WriteFile(filepath);
                Response.Flush(); //Release the file so it can be Deleted

Please Mark As Answer if It works for you

Regards,
MKhare

Marked as answer by Anonymous Thursday, October 7, 2021 12:00 AM

Monday, August 16, 2010 6:55 AM

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