Open file in edit mode

Question

I need to open a file in edit mode. In my web part on item click I need to do some action before hand (like create a folder and copy file, then open it in edit mode).
I came across the code segment below to set to a hyperlink's onClick() event
<a onfocus="OnLink(this)"    href="/Shared Documents/myDoc.docx"    onmousedown="return VerifyHref(this,event,'1','SharePoint.OpenDocuments','')"        onclick="return DispEx(this,event,'TRUE','FALSE','FALSE',            'SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3','1', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments',            '','','','1','0','0','0x7fffffffffffffff')">Click</a>
But in my case, it would be nice if I can open in C# code behind, after the folder operations in my Visual web part.
SPfile's file.OpenBinary() give a byte[], but was unable to open file.
I am using a LinkButton for the user to click on. Any advise ?

Answer 1

Hi Ahamed,
I guess you need to undertake some action server side before you redirect the user. There are a number of different ways to do it ... maybe using a long running process with redirect at the end ... or some jQuery that calls a "handler" waits for a response
and then redirects the user.
For the code to duplicate or copy the file see here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spfile.aspx
if the existing code you have to open the document in edit mode works you should be able to reuse it.
Thanks Chris