wait till code executes before running redirect

Question

I have a page redirect that runs after a string is written to an MSword doc using WebClient and StringBuilder.

        HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(strHTMLContent);
        this.Page.Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com");
        HttpContext.Current.Response.End();

However the string never gets written (or it doesn't get the chance to) since the redirect happens instantly.

How can i make my redirect run only until the string Write has occurred?

Thanks guys

This is the code used to generate the MSWord:

        HttpContext.Current.Response.Charset = "";
        HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
        string strFileName = "GenerateDocument" + ".doc";
        HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + strFileName);
        StringBuilder strHTMLContent = new StringBuilder();

Answer 1

The redirect ends all processing and instructs the browser where to point to next. What you may want to do is write the data you wish your user to see, but include a meta refresh or similar mechanism as outlined in the Wikipedia article.

Answer 2

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if he were to put this in a try/catch/finally the refresh wouldn't execute until after the response was written right?

 try 
    {
      HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(strHTMLContent);
      HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
    }
 catch(Exception ex)
    {
      //handle exception
     }
 finally
     {
       this.Page.Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com");
     }