Stay on same page instead of 404 when using FileResult in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I have the following code in controller:

public ActionResult Download(string file){
    ...
    ...

    if(System.IO.File.Exists(file)){
        return File(File.Open(file, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read), contentType, newFilename);
    }

    return ??;  //what should return here ?
}

If no file exists then stay on same page where that action was called. How to do that ?

If return null then will display a blank page.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:05:46Z

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You can do that by taking a look at this question ActionResult return to page that called it. The first answer by Chuck gives you all that you need:

return Redirect(HttpContext.Request.UrlReferrer.AbsoluteUri);

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:05

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Snake Eyes Over a year ago

It give me error: Cannot convert expression RedirectResult to FileResult

Jetti Over a year ago

@SnakeEyes is your method truly ActionResult Download or is it FileResult Download? The reason I ask is because Redirect produces a RedirectResult which implements ActionResult. FileResult also implements ActionResult. If you keep the method return type ActionResult you shouldn't be having that issue

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