System.Diagnostics.Process.Start throwing threadabort exception on server

Question

In my website I am using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start to preview a particular file. It is working fine on the local server but, it throws ThreadAbortException on the online server when I try to preview the file.

The preview of the happens on button click of repeater. The code is given below:

if (e.CommandName == "Preview")
            {
                Button btn = (Button)e.CommandSource;
                string filePath = Server.MapPath("~/Upload");
                string _DownloadableProductFileName = filename;
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(filePath + "\\" + _DownloadableProductFileName);
            }

Also check the IIS settings, it might be some permission issue. — Narendra, Jul 07 '12 at 06:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '12 at 06:50

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To use Process on the ASP.NET server you need to configure the application for Full Trust.

Are you sure you need to spawn this process server side? It seems you aren't using its output.

answered Jul 07 '12 at 06:50

Frazell Thomas

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I just want the user to preview the file contents without downloading it. – user1509 Jul 07 '12 at 07:34
What types of files are these? – Frazell Thomas Jul 07 '12 at 07:37
microsoft office files: word, presentations, etc. – user1509 Jul 07 '12 at 07:51

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start throwing threadabort exception on server

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