Programmatically Download File from Remote Location to User Through Server

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.Sql;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//base.OnLoad(e);
string url = string.Empty;// Request.QueryString["DownloadUrl"];
if (url == null || url.Length == 0)
{
url = "http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6228/initialgridsq7.jpg";
}

//Initialize the input stream
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
int bufferSize = 1;

//Initialize the output stream
Response.Clear();
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition:", "attachment; filename=download.jpg");
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", resp.ContentLength.ToString());
Response.ContentType = "application/download";

//Populate the output stream
byte[] ByteBuffer = new byte[bufferSize + 1];
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(ByteBuffer, true);
Stream rs = req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
byte[] bytes = new byte[bufferSize + 1];
while (rs.Read(ByteBuffer, 0, ByteBuffer.Length) > 0)
{
Response.BinaryWrite(ms.ToArray());
Response.Flush();
}

//Cleanup
Response.End();
ms.Close();
ms.Dispose();
rs.Dispose();
ByteBuffer = null;
}
}

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