asp.net mvc dowload file

Question

Hi Im having trouble downloading files using asp.net mvc y ycode is quite straight forward and seems to work for pdf's only. It does not work for other filetypes

the code is below and the mime types I use for the documents are below.

return File(doc.filepath, mime, doc.title);

1. Microsoft Word .doc application/msword
2. Adobe Acrobat .pdf application/pdf
3. Microsoft Powerpoint .ppt application/mspowerpoint
4. Microsoft Excel .xls application/x-excel
5. Text File .txt application/msword

Answer 1

try this:

    FilePathResult result = new FilePathResult(doc.filepath, mime);
    result.FileDownloadName = doc.title
    return result;