Redirect (in content handler) does not work in IE?

[haddaway]

I have written a download/content handler do manage requests for .exe files in a special folder. This handler also updates the database with some statistics when the user is downloading the .exe. The problem is that it works in Firefox and GetRight but not in IE. In IE it just seems to wait for a response of the request. In FireFox, it redirects to the url I have written in my web.config. Here is my code:

public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
string strExtension = string.Empty;
string strFullFilePath = string.Empty;
string strUrlPath = context.Request.RawUrl;
string strFileName = string.Empty;

FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(context.Request.PhysicalPath);

if (fi.Exists)
{
strFullFilePath = fi.DirectoryName + "\\" + fi.Name;
strFileName = fi.Name;
strExtension = Path.GetExtension(context.Request.PhysicalPath);
strExtension = strExtension.Substring(1, strExtension.Length - 1);

switch (strFileName.ToLower())
{
case "file1.exe":
RegisterDownload(fi.Name, context);
context.Response.Redirect(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["PrimaryDL1"], true);
break;
case "file2.exe":
RegisterDownload(fi.Name, context);
context.Response.Redirect(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["PrimaryDL2"], true);
break;
case "dotnetfx.exe":
context.Response.Redirect(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["RuntimeURL"], true);
break;
default:
context.Response.Clear();
context.Response.ClearContent();
context.Response.ClearHeaders();

context.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
context.Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", fi.Length.ToString());

context.Response.TransmitFile(context.Request.PhysicalPath);
break;
}
}
else
{
// could not find file, redirect to download page
context.Session.Clear();
context.Response.Redirect("

http://www.mysite.com/download.php",true);

}

}

Any ideas why it does not work in IE? In my example I am trying to download file1.exe.

 

[ca8msm]

Have you stepped through the code whilst running it in IE?


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