How to make a file download link in Dynamic Web

Sometimes you want the user to be able to just download a file you point to from your Dynamic Web CMS homepage. What you need to do is simple:

• Prefix your filepath with:

  /Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=



• If your file is here:

  /Files/files/myFile.txt



• Resulting URL:

  /Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=/Files/files/myFile.txt

If the file path is written using Javascript you should

escape()

the file path.

Handy VS2005 macro for Dynamic Web

This VB macro is a handy utility for use in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 when editing Dynamic Web Templates. It til insert a remark at the begining of the template which says in which directory the template is placed, and the name of it.

It also inserts a not active <!--@DwTemplateTags-->, a tag which at the time where the template is rendered, will show you which template tags are availible, and their values.

• Copy'n'paste the code below into a file named (for instance) "DwUtils.vb"


• Save it and import it into VS2005.

Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Module DwUtils


    Sub prepareTemplate()
        Dim doc As Document
        Dim desc As String
        Dim sName As String
        Dim sPath As String
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim temp As Array


        doc = DTE.ActiveDocument
        sName = doc.Name
        sPath = doc.Path
        temp = sPath.Split("\")
        desc = ""
        For i = temp.Length - 3 To temp.Length - 1
            desc = desc & "/" & temp(i)
        Next
        sName = desc & sName

        Dim textSelection As TextSelection

        textSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
        textSelection.GotoLine(1)
        textSelection.Insert("" & vbCrLf)


        textSelection.EndOfDocument()
        textSelection.Insert(vbCrLf & "")
    End Sub
End Module