at that time its not really stored anywhere on the intranet site (its not needed there).

so i probably go with your second recommendation - i'll check it out

thanks.

Gunnar

>If your zip file is stored in a location that the user has access to via the site, you can just redirect them to that file. Otherwise, try using Response.TransmitFile(): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/12s31dhy%28VS.90%29.aspx