download doc file from server in silverlight

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How to download doc file from server in silverlight4

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Hi I am Considering you have saved your doc file on DB in bytes format & if not then save your doc file in bytes to DB Try this : 1. Call asyncronous method of WCF to get the bytes of a file 2. Write resulted bytes to file at Client Side , you can do something like this private void btnDownload_Click (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { try { DownloadFile = new SaveFileDialog(); DownloadFile.Filter = "All Files(*.*)|*.*"; DownloadFile.ShowDialog(); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DownloadFile.SafeFileName)) { proxy.DownloadFileAsync(orgfilename, DownloadFile.SafeFileName); } } catch (Exception ex) { } } Download asyncronous calll to get the bytes of a file void proxy_DownloadFileCompleted (object sender, ServiceReference1.DownloadImageCompletedEventArgs e) { try { if (e.Result.ToString() == "-200") { } else if (e.Result.ToString() != null) { file = Convert.FromBase64String(e.Result.ToString()); if (DownloadFile.SafeFileName != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(DownloadFile.SafeFileName)) { using (System.IO.Stream stream = DownloadFile.OpenFile()) { stream.Write(file, 0, file.Length); stream.Close(); } } } else if (e.Result.ToString() != null) { } } catch (Exception ex) { } } Orignal Source of Discussion : http://forums.silverlight.net/t/215750.aspx/1