Reload page after file download via Response - asp.net

Question

I'm writing a reporting tool in which you can display a report straight to the page or download it as an excel file. In case you just want to show it on the page the site reloads as expected. in case it is downloaded as excel file the download works but the page is not reloaded. Thats a problem for me because I have no clue how to disable the loading animation afterwards. The download is accomplished with a write action to the response object. Here is the code:
private void ExcelExport(DataTable outList)
{
ViewBag.Reload = true;
Response.ClearContent();
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=report.xls");
Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
Response.Charset = "";
Response.Output.Write(Excel.GetXml(outList));
Response.Flush();
Response.End();
}
The code is called from an ActionResult method within my controller (where the ExcelExport Method is also located):
public ActionResult WisPriceMatrix(string cc, string sl, string exp)
{
ViewBag.StorageLocations = this.StorageLocations;
ViewBag.WisPriceMatrixReport = null;
int cleanCode = 3;
if ((cc != null && cc != string.Empty && Int32.TryParse(cc, out cleanCode)) || (sl != null && sl != string.Empty))
{
sl = sl == string.Empty ? null : sl;
ViewBag.ParameterSl = sl;
ViewBag.ParameterCleanCode = cleanCode;
DataTable outList = dc.GetWisPriceMatrix(sl, cleanCode);
if (exp == null || exp == string.Empty || exp != "1")
{
ViewBag.WisPriceMatrixReport = outList;
}
else
{
if (outList.Count > 0)
{
this.ExcelExport(outList);
}
else
{
ViewBag.NoResults = "1";
}
}
}
return View();
}
Any Ideas how I could force the page to reload afterwards?
I tried to create a ViewBag variable that would indicate that a reload is neede and react to it via JavaScript but since the page isn't refreshed this is of nu success ;-).

Answer 1

In your case in order to reload page either you can use Viewbag and set Viewbag value on Controller say Viewbag.data="reload" and then on view check Viewbag as
$(document).ready(function(){
if('#Viewbag.data' == "reload")
{
window.location.reload(true);
}
});
OR you can just instead of return View() use return RedirectToAction("WisPriceMatrix") as RedirectToAction create a new http(302) request and reloads the page.