Following an article on how to do this using ASP 3.0, we’ll see how to accomplish the same effect using ASP.NET. Using streams, we can provide a file to the user without the need for FTP or any interference of the Internet Information Server (IIS).

In this article, we will see how to allow a user to download any file from our web server. They will see a prompt, giving them the option of opening or saving it, rather than simply opening it which is the default. We can achieve this using the FSO and ADODB objects.