如何使在网页上生成的文件可供用户下载?

这个问题与我在这里问的一个问题有关:"我如何提示用户从Sharepoint页面输入保存位置?"

我需要做的是，在生成PDF之后:

        private void GeneratePDF(List<ListColumns> listOfListItems)
        {
            . . .
            //Create a stream that we can write to, in this case a MemoryStream
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                using (var doc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 25, 25, 10, 10)) 
                {
                    //Create a writer that's bound to our PDF abstraction and our stream
                    using (var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, ms))
                    {
                        //Open the document for writing
                        doc.Open();
                        Paragraph docTitle = new Paragraph("UCSC - Direct Payment Form", timesBold16UCSCBlue);
                        doc.Add(docTitle);
                        Paragraph subTitle = new Paragraph("(Not to be used for reimbursement of services)", timesRoman9Font);
                        subTitle.IndentationLeft = 20;
                        doc.Add(subTitle);
                        . . . // tons of iTextSharp PDF-generation code elided for brevity
                        String htmlToRenderAsPDF = sb.ToString();
                        //XMLWorker also reads from a TextReader and not directly from a string
                        using (var srHtml = new StringReader(htmlToRenderAsPDF))
                        {
                            XMLWorkerHelper.GetInstance().ParseXHtml(writer, doc, srHtml);
                        }
                        doc.Close();
                    }
                }
                try
                {
                    var bytes = ms.ToArray();
                    // This is currently saved to a location on the server such as C:'Users'TEMP.SP.005'Desktop'iTextSharpTest.pdf (but the number (such as 
"005" irregularly increments))
                    String pdfFileID = GetYYYYMMDDAndUserNameAndAmount();
                    String pdfFileName = String.Format("DirectPayDynamic_{0}.pdf", pdfFileID);
                    String fileFullpath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory), pdfFileName);
                    String fileLinkBase = "Generated PDF: <a href='"{0}'">{1}</a>";
                    String filelink = String.Format(fileLinkBase, fileFullpath, pdfFileName);
                    File.WriteAllBytes(fileFullpath, bytes);
                    var pdflink = new Label
                    {
                        CssClass = "finaff-webform-field-label",
                        Text = filelink
                    };
                    this.Controls.Add(pdflink);
                }
                catch (DocumentException dex)
                {
                    throw (dex);
                }
                catch (IOException ioex)
                {
                    throw (ioex);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    throw (ex);
                }
            }
        } // GeneratePDF

…为用户提供将该文件保存到本地机器的机会(目前，它被保存在服务器上)。

现在，我要做的就是替换这一行:

String fileFullpath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory), pdfFileName);

…例如:

String fileFullpath = "Hey, bloke (or blokette), where do you want to save this?"

这显然是可能的，甚至有些常见，因为许多网站会为您生成文件，然后允许您保存这些

生成文件到您选择的位置或默认位置，例如下载文件夹。

服务器端(c#)或客户端(jQuery)解决方案都是可以接受的，尽管我更喜欢服务器端，因为这是生成PDF的地方。