Create text file and download

Question

I'm trying to write to a text file in memory and then download that file without saving the file to the hard disk. I'm using the StringWriter to write the contents:

StringWriter oStringWriter = new StringWriter(); oStringWriter.Write("This is the content"); 

How do I then download this file?

EDIT: It was combination of answers which gave me my solution. Here it is:

StringWriter oStringWriter = new StringWriter(); oStringWriter.WriteLine("Line 1"); Response.ContentType = "text/plain";  Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + string.Format("members-{0}.csv",string.Format("{0:ddMMyyyy}",DateTime.Today))); Response.Clear();  using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(Response.OutputStream, Encoding.UTF8)) {     writer.Write(oStringWriter.ToString()); } Response.End(); 

Answer 1

This solved for me:

        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();         TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(ms);         tw.WriteLine("Line 1");         tw.WriteLine("Line 2");         tw.WriteLine("Line 3");         tw.Flush();         byte[] bytes = ms.ToArray();         ms.Close();          Response.Clear();         Response.ContentType = "application/force-download";         Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;    filename=file.txt");         Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);         Response.End();