"Jeff" <Jeff@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:OAFojnoAGHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I have some code that enables users to download the contents of a DataGrid
>as an Excel file. The following code snippet is the relevant part. It works
>just fine - meaning specifically that the downloaded Excel file is what I
>want.
>
> The problem is that every time this code runs, my "catch all" exception
> handler (an HTTP Module) catches the "Thread was being aborted" exception
> (from System.Threading.Thread.AbortInternal()).
>
> What can I do to prevent that exception from being thrown? You can see
> that the following code uses Response.End. is there a better way?
>
>
> ------------------- start of code snippet ---------------------
>
> System.Web.HttpResponse response =
> System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response;
>
> response.Clear();
> response.Charset = "";
> response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
> response.Charset = "";
> response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"" +
> filename + "\"");
>
> // get the text of the rendered datagrid
> string dgText;
> using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
> {
> using (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htw = new
> System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter(sw))
> {
>  // instantiate a datagrid
>  dg.RenderControl(htw);
>  dgText = sw.ToString();
> }
> }
>
> // set the response mime type
> response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
> response.Write(dgText);
> response.End();
>
> ------------------- end of code snippet ---------------------
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>